Giuliani is target of Georgia probe into 2020 U.S. election

[SteveG]

(rot in jail, rudy)

Giuliani is target of Georgia probe into 2020 U.S. election
https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge-reje...022-08-15/

WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Lawyers for Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump's personal lawyer who helped lead challenges to the 2020 election results, have been told that Giuliani is a target in a criminal probe examining attempts by Trump and his allies to overturn the election, the New York Times reported on Monday.

Giuliani was scheduled to appear on Wednesday before a special grand jury investigating the case, after a judge ordered him to comply with a subpoena.

His lawyer, Robert Costello, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Costello told the Times that prosecutors from the Fulton County district attorney's office in Georgia, which is overseeing the probe, informed him that Giuliani is a target, the newspaper reported.

Costello also said prosecutors were "delusional" if they expected Giuliani to talk about conversations with Trump, the Times reported, suggesting that Giuliani may assert attorney-client privilege and refuse to answer questions about his private dealings with Trump.

Giuliani appeared before state lawmakers in December 2020, echoing false conspiracy theories about stolen ballots and urging them not to certify Democratic President Joe Biden's victory.

The Fulton County criminal probe, one of several investigations into Trump's attempt to invalidate the 2020 election, has ensnared multiple members of Trump's inner circle of advisers.

[hal]

stolen from twitter: "When interrogated, Rudy will drink the Fifth."

[Lemon Drop]

We'll see how "delusional" he thinks the Fulton DA is when she indicts him for fraud and election tampering.

[Buzz]

In Clint Eastwood's best Dirty Harry voice, "Rudy, you've really only got two choices here; one, you rot in jail for the rest of your life, or two, you flip on your fake buddy, the Maniacal Orange Menace while you still have this opportunity to do so...., and you take your chances with a possible immunity deal. When your time on the latter runs out, you'll be left stuck with the former, which I guaranty you is not a desirable position to be in....., so what's it gonna be, punk?"
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[Speedy]

He conspired with his pro bono client.

[Lemon Drop]

Speedy wrote:
He conspired with his pro bono client.

That's what she said.

[samintx]

I heard the. Fifth was Rudy’s way out for a while. I think I’m right there is a diff in civil and criminal case taking the 5th..

[Ted King]

samintx wrote:
I heard the. Fifth was Rudy’s way out for a while. I think I’m right there is a diff in civil and criminal case taking the 5th..

In a criminal case if someone pleads the fifth the judge and/or jury are not supposed to consider the fact of pleading the fifth as evidence of guilt. In a civil case if someone pleads the fifth in a civilian case the judge/jury can use that to draw what is called an adverse inference - in this case if Rudy pleads the fifth in the civil case the judge/jury are allowed to consider his lack of response as evidence that he actually did the thing he is refusing to answer the question about.