the target of the georgia special grand jury investigative ef ef efforts to overturn the 2020 election. his lawyer confirmed that to cnn saying that a prosecutor from the fulton county d.a. s office informed him of that today. giuliani is expected to go before the same grand jury on wednesday, and it s not clear if he will invoke the 5th amendment. giuliani met with georgia state legislature three times in december 2020, this is right after the election, and during those meetings, he spread conspiracy theories about widespread irregularities and fraud and also the fallacy that two atlanta election workers smuggled fake biden ballots in with suitcases. none of that was true. let s bring in former federal prosecutor to discuss, your view of the legal exposure that giuliani faces, he now obviously is a target of this investigation. that s very big news, bigger than it might seem at first glance, victor. the term target has a very specific meaning in the context of criminal i
afghanistan s capital city to show you what life is now like under taliban rule, and asking afghan leaders about a known terrorist who lived in their midst. plus, what may be a silent spread of polio. the virus detected in new york city waste water. why health officials fear hundreds of cases may be out there. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start today with our politics lead and an avalanche of major developments when it comes to trump s attempt to overthrow democracy. giuliani has been informed he s a target of whether trump and his allies tried to break the law and overturn the election in georgia. he s scheduled to appear before the grand jury on wednesday. this news comes hours after a federal judge ruled lindsey graham of south carolina must testify before the very same georgia grand jury. graham s legal team had been arguing that graham did not act inappropriately when he phoned georgia election officials after the 2020 election. georgia secretary of
why is that humorous? oh, fritz. but he is cute. he made it into the show. i m so happy for him. the other possible name was ferguson, but fritz is, you know i like fritz. i apologize for the segue, but the lead with jake tapper starts right now. big news on giuliani, lindsey graham, the trump team, and voting software, all breaking in just the last few hours. the lead starts right now. grand jury subpoenas from georgia and the justice department showing investigations of top trump allies are intensifying. at the same time, top democrats are joining with republicans to press for answers about that unprecedented fbi search at mar-a-lago. and starvation, poverty, and brutality, one year since the fall of kabul, cnn is live in
afghanistan s capital city to show you what life is now like under taliban rule, and asking afghan leaders about a known terrorist who lived in their midst. plus, what may be a silent spread of polio. the virus detected in new york city waste water. why health officials fear hundreds of cases may be out there. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start today with our politics lead and an avalanche of major developments when it comes to trump s attempt to overthrow democracy. giuliani has been informed he s a target of whether trump and his allies tried to break the law and overturn the election in georgia. he s scheduled to appear before the grand jury on wednesday. this news comes hours after a federal judge ruled lindsey graham of south carolina must testify before the very same georgia grand jury. graham s legal team had been
county that he is now a target of their investigation. not exactly surprising. he has been asking them, after all, he says he s been asking them repeatedly whether giuliani was a target, and he says until today, he was not. he was not being told that. giuliani is still scheduled to appear before this grand jury on wednesday. not clear, he won t say whether giuliani is going to answer questions or whether he s going to take the fifth amendment. obviously, that s his right. we obviously, you know giuliani s role in all of this. he met with georgia legislators in december of 2020 a number of times, pressuring them, trying to have them find these votes that did not exist for donald trump. and to obviously throw the election from joe biden in that state. now, this is obviously an investigation that is accelerating. you can tell that they re getting closer and closer to bringing charges against someone, and obviously, now, giuliani is being told he could