U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) announces Judge Jackson’s appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court on March 23, 2022 at Capitol Hill, Washington on the third day of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearing. I will give a lecture.
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South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham Challenges Grand jury summons Seeking his testimony as part of an investigation into possible criminal interference in Georgia’s 2020 elections by the former president Donald Trump Said his ally, a lawyer for lawmakers, on Wednesday.
Investigators in Fulton County, Georgia, said Trump’s ally, Graham, was “not the subject of the investigation, just a witness.”
They argued that if Graham’s subpoena was upheld, it would erode the constitutional balance of power and affect his ability to carry out his work as a member of the House of Representatives.
“It’s all about politics. Fulton County is engaged in a fishing expedition and is working with the January 6th Commission in Washington,” Graham’s lawyers Bad Daniel and Matt Austin said in a statement. rice field.
Judges in Fulton County include former New York City Mayor and former federal prosecutor Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday when a special grand jury in Atlanta worked directly for Graham and President Trump’s campaign, or gave informal advice. 6 Approved a subpoena issued to a lawyer.To overthrow the president Joe Biden’Victory in the 2020 elections in Georgia.
Since late 2020, Trump has falsely claimed that Biden has won the Georgia elections and other swingstate elections as a result of widespread ballot fraud. Trump and his allies defended their actions in Georgia as a legitimate response to alleged such fraud.
A subpoena issued to Graham told Georgia Secretary of State Brad Rafensperger and his staff, “Specifics cast in Georgia to explore the possibility of more favorable outcomes for former President Donald Trump. He said he had called at least twice to “reconsider the absentee ballot.”
In a statement Wednesday, Graham’s lawyer, as then chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said, “Graham was within the right to discuss the process and procedure for managing elections with state authorities.” ..
“If the subpoena issued today would undermine the constitutional balance of power and the ability of members of the House of Representatives to perform their duties,” the lawyer said. “Senator Graham will appear in court and challenge the subpoena, and he hopes to win.”
Fulton District Attorney revealed that Trump called Lafence Purger on January 2, 2021, when he was still president, asking him to “find” enough votes to overturn Biden’s victory. After that, he started a criminal investigation last year.
“That’s all I want to do. I just want to find 11,780 votes,” Trump told Rafence Purger.
The call was made four days before the US Congress began its joint session, confirming the victory of Biden’s electoral college.
The House of Commons is investigating the riots at the US Capitol that began that day, which interrupted the work of the joint session for hours.
