A federal judge in Georgia denies Sen. Lindsey Graham's latest attempt to escape a subpoena to testify before a grand jury investigating alleged election interference in the state.
Among the incidents Willis has said she's investigating is a pair of post-election phone calls Graham made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, and his staff. Raffensperger saidabout whether he had the power to reject certain absentee ballots, which Raffensperger interpreted as a suggestion to toss out legally cast votes.
Graham “also made reference to allegations of widespread voter fraud in the November 2020 election in Georgia, consistent with public statements made by known affiliates of the Trump Campaign," according to a subpoena demanding his testimony. Graham and his lawyers have said he made the calls in his then-role as a chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, adding in
last month that he"was well within his rights to discuss with state officials the processes and procedures around administering elections."speech and debate clauseThe judge found that Graham's interpretation was too broad, and said investigators could ask him about the circumstances of the calls, including whether there was"any coordination either before or after the calls with the Trump campaign’s post-election efforts in Georgia.
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