前总统的律师鲁迪·朱利安尼唐纳德·特朗普根据新的法庭文件，他正在寻求推迟法庭下令在佐治亚州大陪审团调查推翻该州2020年选举结果的努力之前作证。
根据法院命令，朱利安尼将于周二在富尔顿县大陪审团面前出庭。朱利安尼曾帮助领导特朗普的法律斗争，因为他试图在全国范围内推翻选举结果，但没有成功。
但根据法庭文件，朱利安尼试图推迟他的证词，声称他的医生在接受医疗程序后尚未批准他旅行。
负责调查的富尔顿县地方检察官反对拖延，声称朱利安尼手术后已经离开了本州。朱利安尼的律师澄清说，他们特指航空旅行，根据提交给法庭的一封电子邮件，DA提出“如果你的客户坚持认为他无法乘坐飞机，可以提供包括巴士或火车在内的替代交通工具”。
动议听证会定于周二下午在富尔顿县高级法院举行。
朱利安尼的律师表示，他“绝不会寻求不恰当地拖延”他的证词，“现在和过去都愿意在这个问题上合作，但任何道德义务都可能排除这种合作。”
该证词是在佐治亚州长达18个月的刑事调查似乎正在升级之际发布的。
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani attends a press conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, Nov. 19, 2020.
华盛顿邮报通过盖蒂图片，文件
上个月，富尔顿县地方检察官法尼·威利斯(Fani Willis)向特朗普的律师和盟友发出了一系列传票，包括律师约翰·伊斯曼(John Eastman)和詹娜·埃利斯(Jenna Ellis)、参议员林赛·格雷厄姆(Lindsey Graham)和众议员乔迪·希斯(Jody Hice)。
威利斯于2021年2月正式启动调查，部分是由2021年1月2日引发的。特朗普打的电话致佐治亚州国务卿¡˹，他恳求拉芬斯珀格“找到11780张选票”，这正好是川普赢得佐治亚州所需的票数。
一个特别的大陪审团于2022年5月开庭。
作为他推翻佐治亚州选举结果的努力的一部分，朱利安尼在2020年12月的一次听证会上出现在州议员面前，他在会上提出了自拆穿的指控投票工作人员带着手提箱包含非法选票。
与此同时，格雷厄姆一直在进行一场持续的法律斗争，以撤销他上个月收到的作为调查一部分的传票。关于此事的听证会定于周三在乔治亚州北部地区举行。
格雷厄姆上周补充道特朗普的第一个白宫法律顾问唐纳德·麦克加恩(Donald McGahn)对他的法律团队说，他试图对抗传票，传票认定他是“必要和重要的证人”。
作为撤销传票的一部分理由，格雷厄姆表示，当他涉嫌在2020年大选后给佐治亚州官员打电话时，他是在作为参议员和司法委员会主席的“官方立法职责范围内”行事。
在给Raffensperger和其他人打电话的过程中，格雷厄姆据称询问了“重新检查佐治亚州的某些缺席选票，以探索对前总统唐纳德·特朗普更有利的结果的可能性，”富尔顿县法官在该案的一份文件中写道。
“[格雷厄姆]拥有关于电话内容的独特知识，围绕他决定打电话的环境，设置电话的后勤，以及他自己、参与计划和执行电话的其他人、特朗普竞选团队和其他已知和未知的个人之间的任何通信，这些人参与了多州协调努力，以影响佐治亚州2020年的选举结果，”法官的文件说
Giuliani seeks to delay his testimony in Georgia 2020 election probe
Rudy Giuliani, the attorney for former PresidentDonald Trump, is seeking to delay his court-ordered testimony before a Georgia grand jury probing efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state, according to new court filings.
Giuliani, who helped lead Trump's legal fight as he unsuccessfully sought to overturn the results of the election nationwide, was set to appear before a Fulton County grand jury on Tuesday, according to a court order.
But Giuliani has sought to delay his testimony, according to court filings, claiming his doctor has not yet cleared him for travel after undergoing a medical procedure.
The Fulton County district attorney leading the probe opposed the delay, claiming that Giuliani had already traveled out of state since his surgery. Attorneys for Giuliani clarified they were referring specifically to air travel, to which the DA offered to "provide alternate transportation including bus or train if your client maintains that he is unable to fly," according to an email correspondence filed in court.
A motion hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in Fulton County Superior Court.
Lawyers for Giuliani said he is in "no way seeking to inappropriately delay" his testimony and "is and has been willing to cooperate in this matter subject to any ethical obligations that may preclude that cooperation."
The testimony was set to come as the 18-month-old criminal investigation in Georgia appears to be ramping up.
Last month, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis issued a series of subpoenas to Trump attorneys and allies, including lawyers John Eastman and Jenna Ellis, Sen. Lindsey Graham, and Rep. Jody Hice.
Willis officially launched the investigation in February 2021, sparked in part by the Jan. 2, 2021,phone call Trump madeto Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which he pleaded with Raffensperger to "find 11,780 votes," the exact number Trump needed to win Georgia.
A special grand jury was seated in May 2022.
As part of his efforts to overturn the results of the election in Georgia, Giuliani appeared during a December 2020 hearing before state lawmakers at which he presented since-debunked allegations thatpoll workers had suitcasescontaining illegitimate ballots.
Graham, in the meantime, has been engaged in an ongoing legal fight to quash the subpoena he received last month as part of the investigation. A hearing in the matter is scheduled for Wednesday in the Northern District of Georgia.
Graham last week addedTrump's first White House counsel, Donald McGahn, to his legal team as he attempts to fight the subpoena, which identifies him as "necessary and material witness."
As part of his argument to quash the subpoena, Graham says that he was acting "within [his] official legislative responsibilities" as a senator and chairman of the Judiciary Committee when he allegedly made calls to Georgia officials in the wake of the 2020 election.
During those calls to Raffensperger and others, Graham allegedly asked about "reexamining certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia in order to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump," a Fulton County judge wrote in a filing in the case.
"[Graham] possesses unique knowledge concerning the substance of the telephone calls, the circumstances surrounding his decision to make the telephone calls, the logistics of setting up the telephone calls, and any communications between himself, others involved in the planning and execution of the telephone calls, the Trump Campaign, and other known and unknown individuals involved in the multi-state, coordinated efforts to influence the results of the 2020 election in Georgia," the judge's filing said.
