Former Georgia lieutenant governor describes testimony to Fulton County grand jury as ‘very serious’

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) said his Monday testimony before the Fulton County grand jury investigating former President Trump’s and his allies’ efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the state was “very serious.”

“It was a very serious atmosphere, as you would expect, and one that was, you know, a back-and-forth conversation. And I was certainly honored to answer their questions to the best of my ability, and that’s what I did for of my period of time that I was in there,” he told CNN’s Erin Burnett on “Erin Burnett OutFront.”

“I’m going to stay away from the details — making sure I don’t jeopardize the integrity of the investigation — but it was it was a very intense meeting,” he added.

Duncan said his testimony — which was moved up from Tuesday to Monday — lasted for “maybe an hour-plus.” He said there was nothing that he did not expect during his testimony, adding that he was able to give a “simple answer” for the questions thrown at him.

“I can tell you that there was the highest level of attention in that room for folks with the district attorney’s office to the jurors,” he said. “It was just an extremely intense period of time, and everybody was prepared. It’s just like walking into a perfect meeting where everybody is prepared and ready to go to work, and that’s really what it was: very, very serious work.”

While he did not speculate on whether an indictment from the grand jury would come Monday night, he noted that there was a “heightened level of security” near the courthouse.

“I’m not certain of those details,” Duncan said. “I will tell you that there is a heightened level of security like I’ve never seen in around that courthouse. You know, the capitol is only a block, maybe a block-and-a-half away from the doors I walked out of. So, you know, I know that area. Well, I’ve just never seen that much police activity, and certainly they’re prepared for whatever the scenario ends up being.”

Trump said earlier Monday that Duncan should not testify before a grand jury, calling him a “nasty disaster” for people looking into allegations of election fraud in Georgia.

“I barely know him but he was, right from the beginning of this Witch Hunt, a nasty disaster for those looking into the Election Fraud that took place in Georgia,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “He refused having a Special Session to find out what went on, became very unpopular with Republicans (I refused to endorse him!), and fought the TRUTH all the way. A loser, he went to FNCNN!”

Updated Aug. 15 at 9:24 a.m. ET