'But he could be ratting out Eastman and Powell, for example, in order to make a deal.'

'Those conversations are still privileged anyway,' he explained. 'Rudy is trying to avoid indictment,' he wrote, though he cautioned that 'this isn't necessarily an indication he is turning on Trump.' National security attorney Bradley Moss tweeted that the 'big news is this wasn't just an interview: it was a proffer session.' Giuliani's interview came as prosecutors 'appear to be nearing charging decisions' in the fake elector scheme, a source told CNN, as prosecutors have pressed attorneys to 'quickly bring in other witnesses for interviews.' Prosecutors also asked Giuliani about the scene at the Willard Hotel, where he, Eastman, and Trump advisers Steve Bannon and Boris Ephsteyn, among others, gathered to discuss strategies ahead of the deadly Jan. Giuliani also discussed former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, who pushed bizarre conspiracy theories that voting machines were hacked to steal the election before she was sanctioned by a federal judge. Smith's team pressed Giuliani about the fake elector scheme and the role played by Trump legal adviser John Eastman in the plot. 6 lawyers 'appear to have criminal exposure' as DOJ hauls in Rudy In exchange, prosecutors agree not to use their statements against them in criminal proceedings unless they lied. Subjects agree to provide information to the government in exchange for avoiding potential charges or to avoid testifying under a subpoena before a grand jury. Sources told the outlet that the interview 'touched on some of the most important aspects' of the probe into the ways that former President Donald Trump tried to overturn his loss.Ī proffer agreement is an understanding between prosecutors and subjects of a criminal investigation that can precede a formal cooperation agreement, the report noted. The 'voluntary interview, which took place under what is known as a proffer agreement,' comes as the special counsel probe has ramped up in recent weeks, according to the Times.

Former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani was interviewed by special counsel Jack Smith's team last week as part of its investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources told CNN and The New York Times.

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