Fulton County 2020 election investigators have their sights set on securing testimony from key allies of former President Donald Trump.
District Attorney Fani Willis petitioned a court to certify the need for testimony from former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Sidney Powell, and Texas bar owner and cyber researcher James Waldron next month, according to filings released Thursday.
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“[Meadows] possesses unique knowledge concerning the logistics, planning, execution, and subject matter of the January 2, 2021, phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger,” the petition for Meadows’s testimony says. “Witness’s anticipated testimony is essential in that it is likely to reveal additional sources of information.”
Willis commenced her inquiry into whether crimes were committed in the 2020 election last year after audio surfaced of a call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which the former asserted the need to “find” 11,780 votes in the Peach State, enough to reverse his electoral defeat.
The prosecutor’s petition, which was filed in the Superior Court of Fulton County, indicated Meadows was privy to the behind-the-scenes information of how the call with Raffensperger was facilitated. She is calling on the court to certify the need for testimony with Meadows on Sept. 27.
Willis is seeking testimony from Powell and Waldron on Sept. 22.
Powell had participated in legal challenges against the 2020 election in key battleground states. Waldron gave testimony before the state Senate alongside Rudy Giuliani alleging problems with the “vulnerabilities” in the state’s election systems and had affiliations with Trump, per the motion against him.
Willis highlighted how Waldron gave an interview to the Washington Post last year, in which he claimed to have interacted with a number of individuals in Trump’s orbit, such as Meadows, Sen Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and lawyers for the Trump campaign.
He claimed to have conducted research into the 2020 election and developed ties with Allied Security Operations Group, a Texas cybersecurity firm, the New York Times reported.
All three individuals have faced scrutiny from the Jan. 6 committee.
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A special grand jury was impaneled for the inquiry back in May and has doled out subpoenas to a number of witnesses sought in the investigation. Several witnesses, including Graham and lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, have challenged those subpoenas.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) has sought to quash a subpoena against him as well. Initially, Kemp and Fulton County investigators reached an agreement for him to deliver testimony via video, but that deal collapsed, and prosecutors now want him to appear before the special grand jury.
Lawyers for Kemp argued in court Thursday that he should not be compelled to testify due to the proximity to the midterm elections, sovereign immunity, and executive and attorney-client privilege.
Willis has not yet subpoenaed Trump for testimony but has kept that option open.
