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Gabriel Sterling, a top official in the Georgia Secretary of State’s office, was spotted on Monday in the courthouse lobby.

He declined to speak with reporters.

Credit: Tamar Hallerman

On Sunday, Sterling was asked by ABC News about whether he had been called to testify before the Fulton County grand jury this week.

“My lawyer said I couldn’t talk about this too much one way or another, but if I am called, when I am called, I will go and do what I did before: I will tell the truth, answer honestly,” he said.

Sterling was a constant presence on television in the aftermath of the 2020 election, assuring Georgians that the state’s vote count was accurate as conspiracy theories flew. He answered questions on election meddling before a special grand jury in Fulton County last summer.

Sterling parked near the courthouse Monday morning, and an Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter spotted him getting into a pickup truck to be driven the rest of the way in.

On my way to the courthouse this morning I spotted Gabriel Sterling catching his ride to testify before the grand jury. He is in the pickup truck. pic.twitter.com/cctjo62Zp7

— Tia Mitchell, AJC’s Washington Correspondent (@ajconwashington) August 14, 2023

- Live updates: AJC grand jury watch

— Staff writers Greg Bluestein and Tia Mitchell contributed to this report.

Gabriel Sterling, a top election official in Georgia who publicly disputed former President Donald J. Trump’s false claims of election fraud in the 2020 election, is testifying before the Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday.

Mr. Sterling, along with Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, became a vocal defender of Georgia’s election security in the weeks after the election, even as Mr. Trump and members of his campaign sought to discredit the results and to circulate conspiracy theories that the election had been rigged in favor of Joseph R. Biden Jr.

In the hearing on Tuesday, the committee is expected to focus on how Mr. Trump and those in his inner circle targeted state officials in their quest to overturn elections results in battleground states that Mr. Biden won narrowly. In Georgia, Mr. Biden’s final margin of victory was fewer than 12,000 votes.

Mr. Sterling helped oversee the implementation of Georgia’s voting systems in 2020, including the electronic equipment produced by Dominion Voting Systems, which became the target of outlandish conspiracy theories perpetuated by the Trump campaign. He also helped organize a painstaking recount of Georgia’s nearly five million votes in order to confirm the state’s election results.

Unlike other state-level officials who did not act on Mr. Trump’s false claims, Mr. Sterling repeatedly spoke out against the falsehoods in prominent fashion.

In fiery news conferences after the election, Mr. Sterling confronted Mr. Trump’s false claims, methodically debunking many of the most widespread falsehoods aimed at the election in Georgia. He also accused Mr. Trump of whipping up public resentment toward election officials in his bid to stay in power, and he criticized the former president for refusing to condemn a wave of violent threats against officials.

On Tuesday, Mr. Sterling is expected to speak about how Mr. Trump and those in his orbit disingenuously accused officials in Georgia of failing to secure the election, even after they repeatedly explained that claims of election fraud or voting irregularities were unfounded.

THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (NasdaqGS: STRL) (“Sterling” or “the Company”) today announced that its subsidiary, Plateau Excavation of its E-Infrastructure Solutions segment, has been awarded a $45 million design-bid-build project by The Joint Development Authority (JDA) of Jasper, Morgan, Newton and Walton Counties in Georgia. The first two phases of site development, which include 500 acres, are located in the East Atlanta Megasite for the Rivian Electric Vehicle (EV) plant.

The Rivian EV Plant is another major project for Georgia, as the JDA has been instrumental in creating an atmosphere that fosters top-level developments in the area. Previous projects include Takeda (f.k.a. Baxter Pharmaceuticals) and two Meta Data Centers, for which, Plateau has performed the sitework.

This significant project expands Rivian’s EV manufacturing operations and the state of Georgia’s commitment to creating and sustaining a diversified economy. The project is scheduled to run from September 2022 through July 2023.

CEO Remarks “Our unique capabilities to execute large-scale site development projects now enable us to capitalize on the emerging EV manufacturing, onshoring, and industrial opportunities. We are honored to be awarded this noteworthy project that is the single largest industrial investment in Georgia’s history. Being part of a project that improves the economy, creates good-paying long-term jobs, and improves the environment fits perfectly within the Sterling Way,” stated Joe Cutillo, Sterling’s CEO.

About Sterling Sterling operates through a variety of subsidiaries within three segments specializing in E-Infrastructure, Transportation and Building Solutions in the United States (the “U.S.”), primarily across the Southern, Northeastern, Mid-Atlantic and the Rocky Mountain States, California and Hawaii, as well as other areas with strategic construction opportunities. E-Infrastructure Solutions projects develop advanced, large-scale site development systems and services for data centers, e-commerce distribution centers, warehousing, transportation, energy and more. Transportation Solutions includes infrastructure and rehabilitation projects for highways, roads, bridges, airports, ports, light rail, water, wastewater and storm drainage systems. Building Solutions projects include residential and commercial concrete foundations for single-family and multi-family homes, parking structures, elevated slabs and other concrete work. From strategy to operations, we are committed to sustainability by operating responsibly to safeguard and improve society’s quality of life. Caring for our people and our communities, our customers and our investors – that is The Sterling Way.

Joe Cutillo, CEO, “We build and service the infrastructure that enables our economy to run, our people to move and our country to grow.”

Forward-Looking Statements This press release includes certain statements that fall within the definition of “forward-looking statements” under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including those risks identified in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, such statements should be considered in light of these risks. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason, whether as a result of new information, future events or developments, changed circumstances, or otherwise, notwithstanding any changes in our assumptions, changes in business plans, actual experience or other changes. These cautionary statements qualify all forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf.

Contacts

Company Contact: Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. Ron Ballschmiede, Chief Financial Officer (281) 214-0777

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Georgia officials pushing election integrity

Georgia election officials say they are committed to ensuring election integrity. The office of Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's secretary of state is keeping the process transparent by publicly addressing the state's efforts behind scenes.

ATLANTA - Georgia Secretary of State Chief Operations Officer Gabe Sterling displayed the restitution check former President Donald Trump’s attorney, Sidney Powell, paid to the state just weeks after she pleaded guilty in the 2020 Georgia election Interference case.

"Yesterday afternoon, we received our first restitution check from Sidney Powell. It’s a small down payment on what should be owed to the voters and the people of Georgia," Sterling told reporters during a news conference Wednesday.

He called Powell’s guilty plea vindication for elections workers around this country whose lives were turned upside down because of Powell and others’ false claims of widespread voter fraud.

"At some point earlier on, you could’ve said, ‘Yes, I have questions.’ At this point, the questions are answered. The courts have spoken," explained Sterling. "This restitution check is a small part of that, but it’s an important part. It’s real, it’s tangible, and this money will further be invested in election security."

WHAT SIDNEY POWELL'S GUILTY PLEA COULD MEAN FOR DONALD TRUMP IN GA. ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE

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With elections now underway in 122 Georgia counties, Sterling said the Secretary of State’s Office continues to work to ensure election integrity.

"This office, and this legislature, and this government are invested in doing every single day the necessary work to keep our election secure," he said.

On Wednesday, the Georgia Department of Homeland Security and Georgia Emergency Management Agency performed a final inspection of every location that holds the state’s physical voting equipment.

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Georgia Secretary of State Election press conference

Georgia Secretary of State Election press conference

Georgia Secretary of State Chief Operations Officer Gabe Sterling discusses election integrity in Georgia.

To date, "health checks" have been performed on voting machines in about half of Georgia’s 159 counties.

Sterling also touted the successful launch of the Georgia Registered Voter Information System, and the new use of poll pads, to check in and verify voters, as some of the steps taken to add additional layers of security to the election process.

"For over three years now, we have had people lying about our elections in Georgia," said Sterling. "We have now begun to see the accountability of that take place."

Gabriel Sterling cheekily responded to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s lies about the election

Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene berated a Georgia election official while spreading conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election.

Ms Greene sat on a panel with Gabriel Sterling, the chief operating officer in Georgia’s secretary of state office. During the panel, Ms Greene said that her ex-husband was told he could not vote in person because officials told him he already voted by mail, even though he reportedly never requested an absentee ballot.

“That complaint got largely ignored, no one listened,” she said. “And no one gave a s*** about what happened to him.”

The exchange occurred on 28 February during a roundtable on election integrity in Washington, hosted by Rep Claudia Tenney.

Ms Greene has consistently repeated lies that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from former president Donald Trump. Mr Sterling has repeatedly pushed back against accusations that the election was rigged and regularly contradicted the former president for his rhetoric, saying it would put people’s lives in danger.

“For you to say there were no dead voters in Georgia, there was thousands of dead voters in Georgia,” Ms Greene said.

Mr Sterling tried to refute her on multiple occasions, but Ms Greene brushed him off.

“And then the other thing is you have constantly shilled for this election and I’m going to tell you, there was blatant, outright fraud in the 2020 election,” she said. “Complete and total fraud and you know it. You absolutely do know it.”

She also said that President Joe Biden did not win Georgia in 2020.

“Trump won Georgia, I know you don’t like for me to say that,” she said. “To come in here for the Election Integrity caucus and for you to be on the panel, it’s actually insulting, because I think you did a horrific job for the state of Georgia.”

Mr Sterling later tweeted his response to Ms Greene, which included a picture of him sipping a Coca-Cola, which is based in Georgia.

“I had a discussion with the Election Integrity Caucus. A big part of that is talking truthfully about the challenges in elections and identifying REAL issues. Some still deal in disproven conspiracies. It’s a challenge we all face, but having a @CocaCola makes everything better.”