By Garrett Haake and Zoë Richards -
NBC News
WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani, one of the most prominent promoters of former President Donald Trump's lies about alleged voter fraud, testified Friday before the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 riots, according to two sources familiar with the matter. business.
A source told our sister network NBC News that Trump's former lawyer met with the Democratic-controlled House committee for about nine hours, including breaks.
NBC News has reached out to Giuliani's attorney for comment.
The January 6 committee declined to comment.
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CNN was the first to report Giuliani's virtual appearance at the hearing.
In January, the committee subpoenaed Giuliani and three other Trump allies, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell and Boris Epshteyn, in connection with their efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani on August 9, 2016 at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Evan Vucci / AP
The committee claimed at the time that its interest in Giuliani stemmed from his efforts to, among other things, "convince state legislators to take action to overturn election results."
Giuliani was in contact with Trump and members of Congress "regarding strategies to delay or nullify the results of the 2020 election," the subpoena states.
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That same month, the panel issued subpoenas for 14 of the 84 purported alternate electors who falsely claimed that Trump had won the election in their states.
In February, the committee subpoenaed six people it said were involved in organizing alternate electors to challenge President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory. Among them was Pennsylvania state senator Doug Mastriano, who he recently won the Republican primary for governor.
The House committee has interviewed more than 1,000 people in its investigation.
Giuliani's testimony on Friday comes weeks after a previously scheduled meeting was canceled at the last minute when the House committee rejected a request to tape the proceedings.