ATLANTA — Lawyers for Rudolph W. Giuliani have been told that he is a target of a criminal investigation in Georgia into election interference by Donald J. Trump and his advisers, one of Mr. Giuliani’s lawyers said on Monday.
In recent weeks, Mr. Giuliani emerged as a key figure in Fani T. Williams’s investigation into Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer. The inquiry covers most of Atlanta. Earlier this summer, prosecutors questioned witnesses before a special grand jury about Mr. Giuliani’s appearances before state legislative panels in December 2020, when he spent hours peddling false conspiracy theories about secret suitcases of Democratic ballots and corrupted voting machines.
The latest developments in the scandalous world of Mr. Giuliani, former mayor of New York City, are just the tip of the iceberg. However, he received some good news when it was revealed that he is unlikely to face criminal charges in a federal investigation into his connections to Ukraine during the 2020 presidential election.
Mr. Giuliani will appear before the special grand jury on Monday at a downtown Atlanta Courthouse. Robert Costello his lawyer revealed in an interview Monday that prosecutors told him that Mr. Giuliani was a target.
Mr. Costello stated that Mr. Giuliani would likely invoke attorney-client privilege when asked about his interactions with Mr. Trump. “If these people think he’s going to talk about conversations between him and President Trump, they’re delusional,” Mr. Costello said.
On Monday, Leigh Martin May, a Federal District Court judge from Atlanta, rejected attempts by Senator Lindsey Graham of avoiding appearing before the special grand jury. On Aug. 23, Mr. Graham will testify. The judge found that prosecutors had shown that there is “a special need for Senator Graham’s testimony on issues relating to alleged attempts to influence or disrupt the lawful administration of Georgia’s 2022 elections.”
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