Lawyers for Rudy Giuliani have been told he is a target of a criminal investigation in Georgia. It's centered around whether former president Trump and his allies violated the law in their efforts to flip the 2020 election results in Georgia. Giuliani is scheduled to appear before a  special grand jury on Wednesday. his lawyer told the new york times that Mr. giuliani would probably invoke attorney-client privilege if asked questions about his dealings with Mr. Trump. Meanwhile, a federal judge on Monday denied Sen. Lindsey Graham's effort to quash a subpoena seeking his testimony in the Georgia investigation.
 


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Georgia Targets Giuliani in 2020 Election Investigation

Let's head to Capitol Hill for some more details on these stories. Yeah, indeed. Let's bring an aerial Hickson live in Washington to bring us the latest on that story we're telling about with Georgia's election investigation taking a new turn with Rudy Giuliani. Good morning Ariel. Good morning baker Alicia. So that is so right. All eyes are on the state of Georgia as prosecutors focus on Rudy Giuliani while investigating the 2020 election. Now it all comes down to this election fraud and whether former President donald trump and his allies violated the law while attempting to flip the 2020 election results in Georgia. Just monday, a prosecutor notified Giuliani try Former attorney that he is the target of the investigation and it's pretty significant. Giuliani is a key ally of Trump, meaning that the investigation is getting closer and closer to the former president himself. He's set to appear in front of a grand jury Wednesday and some background here. Back in December 2020, Giuliani met with Georgia state legislators multiple times attempting to spread conspiracy theories about voter fraud across the state and get this. He even accused election workers of smuggling ballots in suitcases favoring joe biden. Yet several election officials have of course disagree with these claims and president biden won in Georgia by 12,000 votes. So Ariel I just spoke about what's going down in white helming but his list chinese seat really in jeopardy. It is at this point, Alicia. Representative Liz Cheney is projected to lose her seat in Wyoming. And this is big as she is one of only two republicans on the january six select House committee known for directly challenging the former president. Her primary opponent in Wyoming, is a trump backed candidate. Her name is Harriet Hodgman and polls show that Cheney is down by at least twice many points as her support went down following that work on the committee. Now, if she loses, there's some big picture context here. This race could also show us the power of trump's lasting influence across the Republican Party. And the big question will be if Liz Cheney does lose, Does she run for president in 2024? That is the rumor right now, Ariel Hickson live from our nation's capital, Ariel, thank you.