The judge did delay the governor’s testimony until after the midterms, when Kemp is running for reelection.
to delay the testimony until after the general election so he wouldn’t “suffer consequences” in his campaign.that it’s seeking Kemp’s testimony to ask about the pressure the governor faced after the 2020 election, when he denied Trump’s claims of election fraud and did not go along with his efforts to overturn President Joe Biden’s win, including conversations he had with Trump himself.
“Depending on what [Kemp’s] testimony reveals, many more evidentiary avenues may be opened,” the DA’s office wrote, noting the governor “is uniquely knowledgeable about the election interference matters being investigated by the grand jury since he was personally involved in the conversations at issue.”will be.