Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, who in the past served as former President Donald Trump’s attorney, asking him to turn over records to a federal grand jury as part of an investigation into the former President’s fundraising following the 2020 election, a person familiar with the subpoena told CNN on Monday.
The subpoena, which was sent more than a month ago and has not been previously reported, requests documents from Giuliani about payments he received around the 2020 election, when Giuliani filed numerous lawsuits on Trump’s behalf contesting the election results, the source said.
Prosecutors have also subpoenaed other witnesses who are close to Trump, asking specifically for documents related to disbursements from the Save America PAC, Trump’s primary fundraising operation set up shortly after the 2020 election, according to other sources with insight into the probe.
Taken together, the subpoenas demonstrate prosecutors’ growing interest in following the money after the 2020 election as part of their sweeping criminal probe around Trump’s efforts to overturn his loss of the presidency.
The subpoenas to other witnesses in addition to Giuliani were sent in late December, sources told CNN.
The information the prosecutors seek is still being collected, the sources said. With Giuliani, the investigators have prioritized getting financial information from him, one person said.
Ted Goodman, an adviser for Giuliani, said, “The mayor is unaware of the specific claims by this so-called ‘anonymous source,’ and therefore is not in position to respond.”
A spokesman for the special counsel’s office declined to comment.
A representative for Trump has not responded to a request for comment.