Georgia Governor Kemp Will Testify in Probe Over Trump’s Bid to Overturn 2020 Election

Brett Pulley and Billy House

Mon, July 25, 2022 at 9:59 AM·7 min read

(Bloomberg) — Georgia Governor Brian Kemp will become the latest politician to answer to Fani Willis, the Atlanta-based prosecutor commanding a wide-reaching investigation of former President Donald Trump’s attempts to change the outcome of the 2020 election.

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Kemp will testify on Monday afternoon. Willis, the district attorney in Fulton County, has also issued subpoenas in recent days seeking testimony from some of Trump’s closest confidantes and allies – including Rudy Giuliani and US Senator Lindsey Graham — and sent letters to 16 Georgia Republican leaders warning them that they are targets in a criminal probe.

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While the House committee in Washington investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack has held live nationally televised hearings, a concurrent investigation in Georgia has been quietly honing in on the former president. With evidence such as Trump on tape asking Georgia’s chief election official to “find” an additional 11,780 votes in his favor, Willis is now moving to get lower-level politicians and government officials to