The prosecutor of the US state of Georgia, who is investigating former US President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, is seeking to compel testimony from his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and other close allies, reports Reuters.
According to court filings released Thursday, Fulton County District Attorney Fannie Willis has asked a state judge to order Meadows to appear before a grand jury next month. He is supposed to answer questions about Trump's attempts to reverse his loss in the state that helped Democrat Joe Biden become the US president with its votes.
The prosecutor is also seeking testimony from other Trump associates, including attorney Sidney Powell, retired Army Colonel James "Phil" Waldron and former Trump campaign adviser Boris Epstein, Hina reports.
The probe is one of several civil and criminal probes threatening Trump and his associates, and began shortly after a recorded phone call in January 2021 in which Trump urged Georgia's top election official to "find" enough votes to change the election results.
The investigation included a number of other Trump associates, most notably his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, who was notified earlier this month that he was a target of the investigation. Giuliani testified before a grand jury last week.
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