Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan stands out from the other witnesses who testified in the Fulton County grand jury’s probe of Donald Trump. He’s a Republican statewide election official. And he was once closely allied with the former president.
But Duncan has also become an outspoken critic of Trump and his allies since the 2020 election, even penning a book detailing his vision of a “GOP 2.0″ that moves beyond divisive rhetoric. And his testimony gives grand jurors a GOP perspective on Trump’s attempt to reverse his Georgia defeat.
Duncan wouldn’t tell The Atlanta Journal-Constitution what questions he was asked or describe any of the inner workings of the closed-door proceedings. But he did call Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ ongoing probe a “pivot point” in U.S. politics.
“As Republicans, we either are going to have to take our medicine and realize the election wasn’t rigged, Donald Trump was the worst candidate ever, in the history of the party … and now we are going to have to pivot from there,” Duncan said.
Credit: arvin.temkar@ajc.com
Credit: arvin.temkar@ajc.com
Duncan went on to call it a moment to “hit the reset button.”
“If we want to win an election in 2024, it’s going to have to be someone other than Donald Trump,” Duncan added. “As long as we make this about the three-ring circus called Donald Trump, we’re going to lose every time.
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