ATLANTA — Attorneys for Rudolph W. Giuliani have been instructed that he’s a goal of a prison investigation in Georgia into election interference by Donald J. Trump and his advisers, certainly one of Mr. Giuliani’s legal professionals stated on Monday.

Mr. Giuliani, who spearheaded efforts to maintain Mr. Trump in energy as his private lawyer, emerged in current weeks as a central determine within the inquiry being performed by Fani T. Willis, the district lawyer of Fulton County, Ga., which encompasses most of Atlanta. Earlier this summer season, prosecutors questioned witnesses earlier than a particular grand jury about Mr. Giuliani’s appearances earlier than state legislative panels in December 2020, when he spent hours peddling false conspiracy theories about secret suitcases of Democratic ballots and corrupted voting machines.

For Mr. Giuliani, the previous mayor of New York, the developments are the most recent in a widening swath of bother, although he acquired some excellent news just lately when it emerged that he was unlikely to face costs in a federal prison inquiry into his ties to Ukraine throughout the 2020 presidential marketing campaign.

Mr. Giuliani is scheduled to seem earlier than the particular grand jury on Monday at a downtown Atlanta courthouse. His lawyer, Robert Costello, disclosed in an interview that prosecutors instructed him Monday that Mr. Giuliani was a goal.

Mr. Costello stated Mr. Giuliani would in all probability invoke attorney-client privilege if requested questions on his dealings with Mr. Trump. “If these folks assume he’s going to speak about conversations between him and President Trump, they’re delusional,” Mr. Costello stated.

Additionally on Monday, a Federal District Court docket decide in Atlanta, Leigh Martin Could, rejected efforts by South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham to keep away from showing earlier than the particular grand jury. Mr. Graham is ready to testify on Aug. 23. The decide discovered that prosecutors had proven that there’s “a particular want for Senator Graham’s testimony on points referring to alleged makes an attempt to affect or disrupt the lawful administration of Georgia’s 2022 elections.”