The Atlanta grand jury investigating Trump's 2020 election reversal plots will run into legislative privilege issues if it asks subpoenaed Georgia lawmakers about communication with other legislative members or their staff, a state court judge said
But the judge signaled he'd likely greenlight certain questions about the lawmakers' third-party communications. Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert C. I. McBurney was hearing a motion put forward by members of Georgia's legislature seeking to quash a subpoena in the grand jury's investigation. During a hearing on the motion, McBurney said he wanted to offer general guidelines for what kinds of testimony would be protected by legislative privilege or immunity.
At the hearing Friday, their attorney Don Samuels -- who is acting in the capacity of special assistant legislative counsel -- said other members of the legislature were interested getting guidance from the court about what testimony is protected by privilege. In a response filed with the court on Thursday, the district attorney's office pointed to the subject matter of the hearing in question.