Shafer appeared to be more exposed to potential criminal charges than the others, McBurney ruled at the time. McBurney previously rejected a bid by Willis to disqualify Debrow from representing numerous contingent electors but did require one of them, David Shafer, the chairman of the Georgia GOP, to separate from the larger group. Debrow said she recorded aspects of the exchange without the prosecutors’ knowledge. She is urging the judge presiding over the matter, Robert McBurney, to reject Willis’ attempt to disqualify her from the case.ĭebrow accused Willis’ team of misleading the judge about the status of immunity discussions between the electors and the DA’s office and she indicated that the assistant DA leading the interviews had threatened to indict one of the electors after a tense exchange. Last month, Willis claimed that recent interviews with the false electors revealed incriminating evidence about one of them.ĭebrow, in Friday’s filing, sharply rejected that contention and maintained that none of her clients believed they had done anything wrong. Willis, who has previously indicated she considers all of the false electors “targets” of her investigation, has raised concerns that Debrow’s representation of 10 of the false electors could present a conflict if any of them testify against each other. 6.īut some of the false electors were also state party chairs and key Trump allies who played larger roles in Trump’s bid to stay in power. Citing the certificates signed by the false electors, Trump and a cadre of fringe attorneys claimed there was a conflict that only Congress and then-Vice President Mike Pence could resolve on Jan. Those false electors became a component in a desperate last-ditch bid by Trump to overturn the election on Jan. Former Vice President Mike Pence reportedly testified on Thursday before a grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump and others for their efforts to subvert the results of the. Donald Trump's attempts to subvert the 2020 election results and declare himself the winner are being investigated by the Department of Justice's inspector general, the Senate Judiciary. Trump and his inner circle orchestrated a plan for GOP electors in seven states he lost to sign documents claiming to be legitimate presidential electors. The final person to lead the Department of Justice during Donald Trump's administration has testified about efforts to overturn the election, The New York Times reported Saturday afternoon. It’s the latest indication of Willis’ advancing investigation, which she recently revealed could result in charges - possibly against Trump himself and a slew of high-profile allies - as soon as July. Kimberly Debrow, a lawyer for the false electors, revealed the arrangement - reached last month - in a court filing Friday, opposing a bid by District Attorney Fani Willis to disqualify her from representing the large group. Eight Republican activists who falsely claimed to be legitimate presidential electors for Donald Trump have accepted immunity deals from the Atlanta-area district attorney investigating Trump’s bid to subvert the 2020 election.
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