This fresh indictment comes as Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is preparing to bring state charges sometime in the next few weeks following her office’s multi-year investigation into attempts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, shown here with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade, presented public comments in the courtroom during a January 2023 hearing. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)
Subpoenas delivered as security ramps up
This week, Fulton County prosecutors sent subpoenas for witnesses to testify in front of a grand jury that has been hearing cases since mid-July.
WABE has confirmed that former Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan and former state Rep. Bee Nguyen received subpoenas, instructing them to be on call to testify with 48 hours’ notice beginning Aug. 7.
Jordan and Nguyen attended state legislative hearings organized by Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani in December 2020, during which he spread false claims about election fraud and encouraged state lawmakers to take action.
Jordan and Nguyen testified last year in front of the special grand jury investigating Trump’s and his allies’ post-election efforts. Prosecutors can call witnesses to speak with grand jurors as they weigh potential indictments.
Journalist George Chidi, who witnessed a state Capitol meeting of Georgia’s fraudulent electors in the weeks after the election, tweeted that he also received a subpoena, as first reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
On Tuesday, Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat told reporters that if indictments from the 2020 election interference case were issued today, law enforcement would be ready.
Orange security barriers went up around the Fulton County Courthouse last week and Labat says his office is coordinating with multiple state and federal agencies.
“We’re creating a…
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