Federal judge says Rep. Jody Hice must testify for special grand jury in 2020 election probe

A federal judge ruled Monday afternoon that Rep. Jody Hice must testify for a special grand jury that is looking into alleged tampering in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

Hice had filed motions trying to squash the subpoena last week.

A number of top Republican state officials — including Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Attorney General Chris Carr — have already testified before the special grand jury.

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Hice, who will leave office in January after an unsuccessful bid to unseat Raffensperger, was one of several GOP lawmakers who attended a December 2020 meeting at the White House in which Trump allies discussed various ways to overturn Joe Biden’s electoral win. Hice joined other members of the House Freedom Caucus, a conservative wing of the chamber, in the hourslong meeting to discuss with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows two specific strategies to subvert the election results.

Gov. Brian Kemp was expected to submit video testimony for the grand jury on Monday as well. Kemp’s office said the governor will not make any comment on the case until the grand jury has finished.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

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