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Quote, was not a valid rational for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena. the judge has already ruled that it is not a valid defense. bannon's legal team has repeatedly argued that he has been negotiating with the committee and did not refuse to cooperate. meanwhile, a new york judge has ordered rudy giuliani to appear before the special grand jury in fulton county, georgia. as investigating possible interference in the 2020 presidential election. the order was issued after giuliani failed to show up to a hearing last week on his challenge to the subpoena. after the new york judge'...

Georgia granary, that is investigating trump for possible election interference. giuliani was subpoenaed last month, he will now have to testify on august 9th. and the government has rested its case in the contempt trial of steve bannon. the defense is expected to begin making its case tomorrow. we've got a lot to cover salt let's get started and smarter with the help of our lead off panel. jeff bennett joins us tonight, chief washington correspondent for pbs news hour. and msnbc political contributor. kyle cheney, senior legal affairs reporter for politico, who is reporting focuses on january...

A judge has ordered rudy giuliani to testify before a georgia grand jury investigating election fraud. jessica schneider is back with us. jessica, what are you learning? >> reporter: kate, this is a significant step to the fulton county d.a. she's been trying to get trump allies in before the special grand jury to testify, and now in fact trump's former personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, has just been ordered to appear before that special grand jury next month, in just a few weeks, august 9th. so this is all part of that sprawling investigation into possible election crimes. it's coming from the ...

August. that's according to a new court filing. it comes as georgia prosecutors unveiled that 11 republicans are targets in their criminal investigation. joining us now is blayne alexander in atlanta. also with us is barbara mcquaid, former u.s. attorney in michigan and nbc legal analyst. walk us through the giuliani development. >> this is a court filing that just came out in the last hour or so. in the filing that was hosted by the fulton county district attorney, she says a judge has ordered rudy giuliani to come down to fulton county, atlanta, georgia, and testify before a special grand ju...

Showing what donald trump was and more importantly was not doing while a mob was raging at the capitol by hearing from -- >> people who were in the white house, people who were close to the president, and also people who had insight into the actions that were going on in the variety of ways that they were trying to control the violence. >> all this as the investigation by the fulton county district attorney ramps up. a judge ordering trump's former lawyer, rudy giuliani, to appear before the grand jury on august 9th. at the same time, they send target letters to the 16 georgia republicans who ...