Rudy Giuliani talks with Georgia State Sens. Jen Jordan (D-Atlanta) and Elena Parent (D-Atlanta) during a break in a Georgia State Senate hearing Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020.
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Rudy Giuliani talks with Georgia State Sens. Jen Jordan (D-Atlanta) and Elena Parent (D-Atlanta) during a break in a Georgia State Senate hearing Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, during which Giuliani made numerous false claims of voting fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

Credit: Stephen Fowler / GPB News

The panel

Adam Van Brimmer, @adamvanbrimmer, editorial page editor, Savannah Morning News

Emma Hurt, @Emma_Hurt, reporter, Axios Atlanta

Rafael Olavarría, @RafaelOlavarria fact checker, Factchequeado

Tamar Hallerman, @TamarHallerman, senior reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

 

The breakdown 

1. Rudy Giuliani is now a target in the Fulton County probe.

  • The news came less than two days before his scheduled testimony. 
  • Sen. Lindsey Graham's appeal to not testify in District Attorney Fani Willis' probe into Donald Trump's role in the 2020 election was denied.
  • Tamar Hallerman says the probe gets more combative as Willis gets closer to former President Trump's allies.

LISTEN: Rafael Olavarria describes the impact of 2020's election conspiracy theories outside the United States.

 

2. Georgia's six-week abortion law will stay in place while challenges to it move through the court. 

 

3. New support around the idea of expanding Medicaid. 

  • Georgia is one of a dozen states still refusing the government’s offer to extend coverage.

    • If expanded it would cover a person with less than 19,000 in income.

  • More than 500,000 Georgians could gain coverage if Medicaid is expanded. 

4. Herschel Walker defends himself against attack ad. 

  • In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, the Senate candidate defends himself as he addresses an attack ad where his wife talks about him holding a gun to her head. 

    • The snippet in the attack ad comes from an interview where they are both talking about his mental illness. 

      • Walker also talked about his mental health in his book. 

LISTEN: Tamar Hallerman speaks on Herschel Walker's response to an ad in which his ex-wife alleges domestic violence.

Wednesday on Political Rewind: The AJC's Greg Bluestein joins the panel.