The former White House Chief of Staff is fighting a subpoena to testify before a grand jury in the Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney's 2020 election investigation, according to court records.
The then-White House Chief of Staff spoke to reporters at the White House.
The deputy district attorney said in a court filing that there was ascheduling conflict that caused the testimony to be delayed.
He asked a court in South Carolina to void the order for him to testify because it was for September 27.
The ex-Trump aide believes that his testimony is protected by executive privilege, a legal doctrine that allows presidents to keep some communications secret.
It is not known if Donald Trump has also claimed executive privilege in the Georgia investigation as he has in the House one.
Fulton County investigators said thatMeadows is a necessary witness because he attended meetings and sent emails regarding voter fraud and efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results, as well as being in constant contact with Trump during the post- election period.
In a phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Trump asked him to find enough votes to change the result of the election.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that an attorney will argue for the subpoena against him to be blocked. Fulton County wants the court to set a new date for his testimony instead of blocking it, so that he can testify on November 9, 16, 23 or 30. After a hearing on the issue took place in September, the judge is expected to rule soon on whether or not the congressman has to testify in the committee's investigation.
Georgia prosecutors are looking into whether Trump and his associates violated state law when they tried to overturn the election. Rudy Giuliani has been told he is a target of the investigation as well as Republican officials who submitted a false slate of electors to Congress. Lindsey Graham has also fought his subpoena in court, with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas most recently ruling he doesn't have to appear, at least for now. Efforts to get out of testimony by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp were unsuccessful in court. According to the New York Times, Sidney Powell and James "Phil" Waldron, who spoke at a Georgia legislature meeting about voter fraud, did not show up for their testimony.
Efforts have been made to avoid the investigation complicating the election and that is why the dates the DA's office suggested forMeadows to testify are all after the election. The judge in Fulton County has agreed not to make any findings public until after the elections.
The Atlanta area was subpoenaed in the Trump investigation.
MarkMeadows pushed to testify in the voter fraud probe.
There is a special grand jury investigation into 2020 presidential interference.
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