Republican Rep. Jody Hice of Georgia has been subpoenaed to look earlier than a particular grand jury in his state investigating former President Donald Trump's conduct after dropping the 2020 election.
Fulton County District Lawyer Fani Willis issued the subpoena on June 29, and Hice revealed its existence in a submitting in state courtroom on Monday, informing a choose that he's difficult the order in federal courtroom. In his federal submitting, Hice argued that his "inquiries into alleged irregularities" within the 2020 presidential election fell inside his authority as a member of Congress.
The subpoena had requested Hice's look earlier than the particular grand jury on Tuesday. The particular grand jury was impaneled in Might following greater than a yr of investigation by Willis' workplace.
Hice challenged Georgia Republican Brad Raffensperger within the main for secretary of state this yr, however was defeated. Hice was endorsed by Trump, whose Jan. 2, 2021, cellphone name with Raffensperger is a focus of the investigation. Trump informed Raffensperger on the decision, "I simply wish to discover 11,780 votes." Trump misplaced the state to President Biden by that margin — an end result that was affirmed by a number of recounts.
Raffensperger and several other different high Georgia Republicans have already appeared earlier than the particular grand jury. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is scheduled to offer recorded video testimony on July 25.
Hice is the second member of Congress to problem a particular grand jury subpoena in federal courtroom. On July 13, South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham challenged a subpoena he obtained earlier this month. A listening to in that matter is scheduled for Wednesday.
A consultant for Willis didn't reply to a request for remark.
Others subpoenaed within the investigation included former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and marketing campaign attorneys Cleta Mitchell, Kenneth Chesebro and Jenna Ellis.