Georgia Gov. Kemp reveals he was interviewed by special counsel in 2020 election interference case

(CNN) —& Georgia& Republican& Gov. Brian Kemp, who resisted& intense pressure& from& former President& Donald Trump& to overturn the 2020 election results in his& state,& revealed Tuesday& that he& has been& interviewed by special counsel Jack Smith’s office. “I basically told them the same thing I told the special grand juries: that I follow the law and the Constitution and answered all their questions truthfully,” Kemp told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on “The Source,” noting that the conversation took place “months ago” and “really didn’t last that long.” A spokesman for the governor& told CNN in July& that Smith’s team had contacted Kemp but it was not previously known that he sat for an interview. The special counsel has since brought federal charges against the former president, alleging that& Trump and six unindicted co-conspirators& orchestrated a plot to overturn the election results on and leading up to January 6, 2021. Kemp also provided testimony in 2022 to a special grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, as part of a separate investigation by state prosecutors into Trump and his allies’ efforts to overturn the election in the Peach State. Trump has pleaded not guilty in both cases and sought to& interrupt the...