Rudy Giuliani, a prominent promoter of Donald Trump’s lies about a stolen election, has been interviewed by federal investigators as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a spokesman for Giuliani confirmed Wednesday.
“The appearance was entirely voluntary and conducted in a professional manner,” the spokesman, Ted Goodman, said in a statement after CNN first reported on Giuliani’s meeting with investigators.
The nature of the questions posed to Giuliani, who previously worked as an attorney for Trump, was not immediately clear.
An attorney for Giuliani, Robert Costello, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday night. The Justice Department also did not immediately respond to NBC News’ request for comment.
NBC News has previously reported that Smith subpoenaed local officials in key battleground states for communications involving Trump, his campaign and a series of aides and allies who assisted in his effort to overturn the 2020 election, in an indication that Smith was looking into a scheme involving fake electors.
Earlier this month, Nevada “fake electors” appeared before a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. The same grand jury subpoenaed former Trump White House official Steve Bannon in connection with Smith’s investigation.
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