Transcript for Rudy Giuliani to testify before grand jury in Georgia election investigation
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>> ALL RIGHT STEVE OSUNSAMI, IN
ATLANTA, THANK YOU.
FOR MORE ON THIS, I WANT TO
BRING INJUSTICE AND HOPE
SECURITY REPORTER AND LEGAL
ANALYST FOR THE CRIME NETWORK
TERRY OFTEN.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.
JACK, THE SPECIAL GRAND JURY
DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER TO
CHARGE ANYONE.
WHAT'S THE POINT OF BRINGING
GIULIANI IN TODAY?
>> THE POINT IS, THE GRANDEUR
ITSELF TO HEAR FROM HIM,
POTENTIALLY, SEE WHAT HE HAS TO
SAY TO ANSWER SOME OF THEIR
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HE DID IN
FULTON COUNTY.
I MEAN, HE CAME AND TOLD THE
STORY ABOUT A SUITCASE FULL OF
BALLOTS.
AS THE PRESIDENT'S LAWYER, HE
BE A POWERFUL ADVOCATE FOR
DONALD TRUMP.
--
HE CAN'T LIE IN OFFICIAL
PROCEEDINGS.
THAT IS THE PROBLEM HE FINDS
HIMSELF IN.
IT IS REALLY UNLIKELY THAT HE'S
GOING TO SAY MUCH IN THE GRAND
JURY.
HE IS LIKELY TO SAY THAT HE HAS
ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE IN
CONVERSATIONS HE HAD WITH
TRUMP.
ALSO, HE MAY PLEAD THE FIFTH AS
WELL.
THAT MAY REFLECT ON HIM IN
TERMS OF HAVING GRANBURY
INTERPRETS THOSE TYPES OF
DEFENSES ON HIS PART.
>> TERRY, GIULIANI'S LAWYERS
SAY THAT HE IS A TARGET OF THIS
INVESTIGATION.
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THAT?
WHAT IS GIULIANI EXPECTED TO
SAY TODAY?
>> THE TARGET IS THE HIGHEST
LEVEL.
YOU CAN BE INVESTIGATED, YOU
CAN BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE GRAND
JURY AS A WITNESS OR SUBJECT OR
TARGET.
IF YOU ARE A TARGET, THAT MEANS
THERE WILL PROBABLY BE AN
INDICTMENT AGAINST YOU.
THE PROCEEDINGS MEAN THAT YOU
WILL HAVE TO TESTIFY.
WHEN YOU TESTIFIED YOU CAN
EITHER CLAIM THE FIFTH, WHICH
YOU PROBABLY WILL, BECAUSE AS A
TARGET, HE IS GOING TO HAVE
SOME CULPABILITY.
SO, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS
CHARGE HERE AS FAR AS THIS
INVESTIGATION IS CONCERNED.
HE SHOULD BE READY TO EITHER
PLEAD THE FIFTH OR PERHAPS HE
IS GOING TO DO SOME SORT OF
AGREEMENT.
HE COULD DO THAT ON A GLOBAL
BASIS.
>> JACK, HOW LONG IT TAKES THE
SPECIAL GRAND JURY TO
INVESTIGATE THIS CASE?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU TAKE
THEM A YEAR TO REALLY LOOK AT
THIS CASE THEY ARE GOING TO
PRODUCE A REPORT.
AT THE REPORT RECOMMENDS
CHARGES AND OTHER GRAND JURY
CAN TAKE THAT UP AND CONSIDER
WHETHER INDIVIDUALS OUGHT TO BE
CHARGED.
>> TERRY, TOMORROW, A JUDGE
WILL HOLD A HEARING ON
UNSEALING THE MAR-A-LAGO SEARCH
WARRANTS AS WE JUST DISCUSSED
WITH TERRY MORAN.
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT WILL PLAY
OUT?
>> I THINK THAT WE ARE NOT
GOING TO SEE ANY DETAILS FOR
THE AFFIDAVIT BEHIND THAT
MAR-A-LAGO INVESTIGATION.
I THINK THE FBI DOESN'T WANT TO
SHOW ALL OF ITS CARDS.
I THINK IT WILL BE SOMETHING
THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE.
WHEN YOU SHOW ALL OF THE
ROADBLOCKS AND ALL OF THE
INFORMATION AND THAT PARTICULAR
AFFIDAVIT, IT MEANS THAT YOU
ARE SHOWING YOUR HAND.
I DON'T THINK THAT IS GOING TO
BE TURNED OVER AT THIS POINT.
I THINK WE ARE GOING TO NOTE,
GENERALLY, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
SEEING SO FAR.
THEY HAVE ALL THESE BOXES OF
INFORMATION.
THESE BOXES INCLUDE DOCUMENTS
WHICH ARE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE EXACTLY
WHAT IT IS THE DOJ AND THE FBI
ARE LAYING OUT AS FAR AS THE
DETAILS ARE CONCERNED.
>> TERRY, THERE IS NOW THIS
INVESTIGATION IN NEW YORK.
WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP
PLEADED THE FIFTH LAST WEEK
WHEN HE WAS TO BE DISPOSED.
THERE IS, OF COURSE, THE
HEARING SET FOR TOMORROW ABOUT
THIS AFFIDAVIT IN THE
MAR-A-LAGO SEARCH.
RUDY GIULIANI TESTIFY TODAY.
COULD WHAT'S REALLY GIULIANI
SAY TODAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON
EITHER OR BOTH OF THESE
INVESTIGATIONS?
>> ABSOLUTELY, THE NEW YORK
PROCEEDING IS REALLY A CIVIL
PROCEEDING FOR HIS FINANCES.
HE IS PLEADING THE FIFTH.
IN A CIVIL PROCEEDING, YOU CAN
USE THAT AGAINST THE
INDIVIDUALLY.
IT WILL BE DONE IN THIS CASE.
GIULIANI, IF HE DOES IN FACT TO
TESTIFY, IS REALLY GOING TO
AFFECT OVERALL THE DEPARTMENT
AND THE CLAIMS THAT TRUMP IS
NOW CURRENTLY POSSIBLY FACING.
THAT WOULD BE OBSTRUCTION OF AN
OFFICIAL PROCEEDING.
BECAUSE THEY DID TRY TO STOP
AND CERTIFY THAT ELECTION.
IT COULD BE CONSPIRACY TO
DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES.
THEY WERE CLAIMING ELECTION
FRAUD.
IT COULD EVEN BE AS FAR AS THE
JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION AS
CONCERN, SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY,
I THINK GIULIANI'S TESTIMONY IS
GOING TO HAVE MORE TO DO WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS
LOOKING AT VERSUS WHAT IT
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL
IS DOING ON THE CIVIL CASE.
>> JACK, DO YOU THINK THAT
ANYTHING GIULIANI SAYS TODAY
COULD OFFER CLUES AS TO THE
STRATEGY AND THESE
INVESTIGATIONS AND HOW TRUMP
SIDE OF THINGS IS APPROACHING
THEM?
>> WE WILL HAVE TO SEE IF, HE
IN FACT, COOPERATES.
IT'S POSSIBLE HE COULD PLEAD
THE FIFTH.
IT'S POSSIBLE HE COULD CLAIM A
EDGE IN TERMS OF RESPONDING.
IT IS UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT
WHAT IMPACT IT WILL HAVE.
OVERALL, IT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR
THAT THE PRESIDENT, THE FORMER
PRESIDENT, IS FACING LEGAL
PROBLEMS ON MULTIPLE FRONTS.
THOSE PROBLEMS CONTINUE TO GROW
BY THE DAY.
>> TERRY, WHAT IF ANY CHARGES
COULD COME OUT OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN GEORGIA NOW.
AND THE CURRENT PROCEEDINGS
AROUND MAR-A-LAGO?
>> WE COULD VERY WELL SEE
CHARGES AS FAR AS GIULIANI IS
CONCERNED.
HE HAS ALREADY BEEN DISBARRED
IN NEW YORK AND D.C..
HE COULD FACE SOME SERIOUS
CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS.
HE TESTIFIED IN FRONT OF
CONGRESS IN GEORGIA THAT THERE
WAS ELECTION FRAUD.
HE KNEW THERE WAS NO ELECTION
FRAUD.
HE PUT PEOPLES LIVES IN DANGER.
THOSE ELECTION WORKERS THAT WE
REFERRED TO EARLIER, THEY HAVE
HAD A DEATH THREATS.
I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL THERE IS
LOOKING TO REALLY MAKE SURE
THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT GIULIANI,
WHO IS BEHIND, IT REMEMBER, HE
SPOKE TO A NUMBER OF OTHER
PEOPLE.
STEVE BANNON AS ONE OF THOSE
OTHER PEOPLE THEY TALKED ABOUT
HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT
MAKING SURE THAT TRUMP REMAINS
OR IS THE WINNER OF THAT
ELECTION.
SO, I DO THINK THAT WILLIS IS
GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE
CHARGES HIM WITH EITHER FALSE
STATEMENTS TO THE GOVERNMENTS
ARE SOLICITATION OF ELECTION
FRAUD OR EVEN THREATS OF
VIOLENCE AS IT RE
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