Former President Donald Trump's White Home chief of employees Mark Meadows should testify in entrance of a Georgia grand jury conducting a felony investigation of the conduct of the previous president and a few of his supporters following the 2020 election, South Carolina Circuit Choose Edward Miller ordered Wednesday.
The Pickens County Clerk of Courts confirmed Miller ordered Meadows, who says he lives in South Carolina, to look earlier than the grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia. Fulton County District Legal professional Fani Willis, a Democrat, filed a petition in August for Meadows to look earlier than the grand jury, and the proceedings had been held in PIckens County as a result of Willis wanted a neighborhood decide to log off on it.
The Fulton County DA's workplace confirmed that Meadows was ordered to look, however declined to remark past that. Meadows' legal professional has not but responded to a request for remark.
The grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, is conducting a felony investigation into the actions of Trump and allies following his 2020 election loss within the state, and has ordered others together with South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rudy Giuliani to look. The investigation was prompted partially by Trump's 2020 name with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger by which Trump requested the Republican official to "discover" him a adequate variety of votes to win the state.
Justice Clarence Thomas, who oversees issues involving the eleventh Circuit, on Monday briefly placed on maintain a decrease courtroom order that required Graham to testify earlier than the grand jury.
Willis' subpoena for Graham's testimony pertains to calls Graham made to Raffensperger following the November 2020 election. Giuliani was one in every of Trump's closest advisers, and made unfounded claims earlier than the Georgia State Senate, alleging fraud and misconduct amongst state officers.
— CBS Information' Gillian Morley and Kathryn Watson contributed to this report.