Governor of Georgia. Brian Kemp said he was sitting down for an interview with the special prosecutor who prosecuted the former president Donald Trump‘s efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential elections.
one interview On CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” that aired Tuesday night, Kemp said, “I basically told them what I told special grand juries — I follow the law and the Constitution and I answered all of their questions truthfully.”
Kemp said the interview with special prosecutor Jack Smith’s office took place “months ago” and said he could not recall the exact details of its timing.
NBC News reported last year About the Republican governor’s relationship with Smith’s office, but a Kemp spokesman declined to comment further at the time.
A spokesman for the special prosecutor’s office declined to comment.
Trump pleaded not guilty to charges filed in August that accused Smith of conspiring to overturn his 2020 election defeat and participating in a scheme to interfere with the election vote count that led to the Capitol riot.
Kemp too He testified in 2022 before a grand jury impaneled by the Fulton County District Attorney Fanny Willis later indicted Trump and 18 other defendants. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges and has denied any wrongdoing.
Weeks after the 2020 election, Kemp’s office endorsed Trump called the governor and tried to pressure President Joe Biden into calling a special session of the state legislature to oust him. victory in the state.