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1 big thing

A Georgia DA gets closer to Trump

1 big thing

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🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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There’s been movement this week in a Georgia investigation into whether former President Trump interfered in the 2020 election. 16 Republicans who apparently participated in a fake elector scheme have been named as targets by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office. Plus, advice for staying cool. And, new bipartisan legislation that aims to protect future elections. Guests: Axios' Emma Hurt and Nicole Cobler; Axios Today listeners. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Alex Sugiura, and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go Deeper: Rudy Giuliani ordered to testify before Atlanta Trump investigation panel Georgia election criminal probe names 16 GOP electors as "targets" How to stay cool in a summer blackout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Thursday, July 21. I'm Nailiburu.

0:29.6

With at least a third of all Americans experiencing a heatwave this week, we hear advice for staying

0:34.7

cool, including from many of you. But first, today's one big thing. A Georgia DA gets closer to

0:41.2

Trump's inner circle. There's been movement this week in a Georgia investigation into whether

0:49.4

former President Trump interfered in the 2020 election. 16 Republicans who apparently participated

0:56.4

in a fake electric scheme in the state have been named as targets by the Fulton County DA's office.

1:02.4

And yesterday, we learned former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani was ordered to appear next month

1:08.0

before a grand jury there. Axios Atlanta reporter Emma Hurt has more, hey, Emma.

1:12.9

Hey, Nailiburu. So, Emma, we learned about this from court filings released on Tuesday.

1:17.6

This investigation into the 2020 election has been pretty wide-ranging. But now it seems like the

1:23.2

focuses on these fake electors. Who are they? Right. So back in December 2020, when Georgia's

1:30.6

electoral college votes were officially cast after the election results were certified,

1:36.3

you had the Democratic electors meeting in the state capital to officially cast the electoral

1:41.3

college votes. It happens in every state every year. But you had, last year, a secret meeting,

1:47.6

really, of Republican electors one floor below. I was in the building that day. And it was very

1:53.6

strange. We couldn't quite figure out what they were doing. But what we know now is that this

1:58.4

was something that the White House was working on in several states where they felt that they still

2:02.9

had a case to those state's electoral college votes, even though the elections had already been

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