Lindsey Graham

Sen. Lindsey Graham continued to argue in a court filing Wednesday that a Fulton County subpoena for his testimony in the investigation into plots to ...

In a court filing last week, the Fulton County District Attorney's office ridiculed Graham for his "extreme position" to quash the subpoena and the Senator's position that the federal court should bar questions "on all topics" Willis has sought. Partial quashal, at least, is proper," an attorney for Graham, Brian Lea, wrote. In the filing, Graham, a South Carolina Republican, argued that the topics Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat, wants to inquire about -- namely, calls the senator made to election officials in Georgia,

Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a federal judge ruled.

“Senator Graham may be questioned about any alleged efforts to ‘cajole’ or encourage Secretary Raffensperger or other Georgia election officials to throw out ballots or otherwise alter Georgia’s election practices and procedures,” the ruling says. Likewise, the grand jury may inquire into Senator Graham’s alleged communications and coordination with the Trump campaign and its post-election efforts in Georgia, as well as into Senator Graham’s public statements related to Georgia’s 2020 elections.” Senator from South Carolina and Georgia’s state election officials — are not manifestly legislative on their face,” the ruling states. “As such, Senator Graham may be questioned about any alleged efforts to encourage Secretary Raffensperger or others to throw out ballots or otherwise alter Georgia’s election practices and procedures. [immune](https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/lindsey-graham-wants-fight-over-georgia-subpoena-moved-to-south-carolina-claims-hes-immune-from-testifying-as-a-senator/)” from testifying in a probe about efforts by former President Donald Trump and his loyalists to subvert Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia. “Likewise, the grand jury may inquire into Senator Graham’s alleged communications and coordination with the Trump campaign and its post-election efforts in Georgia, as well as into Senator Graham’s public statements related to Georgia’s 2020 elections.” Raffensperger’s voting systems manager Gabriel Sterling (R) told CNN that Graham “had questions about our [electoral] process.” “As the Court has previously indicated, the calls themselves — again, calls between a U.S. His attorneys argued that such testimony would be barred by the U.S. “Indeed, though Senator Graham frequently argues that the court would easily conclude that the calls themselves are obviously legislative if the Court properly applied the test and ignored all suggestions of motive, it is, in fact, Senator Graham who asks the court to accept his proposed motive (to carry out an individual investigation so as to inform his choice to certify the election) in assessing whether the calls constitute only legitimate legislative activity.” “As to the other categories, the Court finds that they are not legislative, and the Speech or Debate Clause does not apply to them,” the order continues. According to the ruling, prosecutors cannot ask Graham about his “investigatory fact-finding on the telephone calls to Georgia election officials, including how such information related to his decision to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.”

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina must appear before the Georgia special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential ...

“(T)he Court quashes the subpoena only as to questions about Sen. [Donald Trump](https://www.cnn.com/specials/politics/president-donald-trump-45)‘s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, wrote in court filings that she wants to question the senator on phone calls he made to Georgia election officials. [ Georgia special grand jury](https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/31/politics/john-eastman-grand-jury-fulton-testimony/index.html) investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge ruled Thursday, but the scope of his testimony will be limited.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Wednesday pushed back against a recent filing by the Fulton County, Ga., district attorney that asked a federal judge to ...

But Graham appealed, and a three-judge appeals court panel [temporarily paused](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3609749-federal-appeals-court-blocks-graham-georgia-grand-jury-subpoena/) the subpoena earlier this month, sending it back to the district court to examine a partial quashing based on the Speech and Debate Clause. [first subpoenaed](https://thehill.com/regulation/3546574-georgia-grand-jury-subpoenas-giuliani-other-trump-allies-in-election-probe/) Graham in early July. Graham’s filing on Wednesday is the final iteration in a back-and-forth between his attorneys and Willis’s office requested by the district court judge. [See all Hill.TV](https://thehill.com/hilltv) [See all Video](https://thehill.com/video) [Equilibrium & Sustainability](https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/) [Campaign](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/) [Court Battles](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/) [Finance](https://thehill.com/policy/finance/) [See All](https://thehill.com) His attorneys also said he relied on the information in the calls to declare President Biden as the legitimate president and to [2020 presidential election](https://thehill.com/tag/2020-presidential-election/) [Brad Raffensperger](https://thehill.com/tag/brad-raffensperger/) [Brad Raffensperger](https://thehill.com/people/brad-raffensperger/) [election fraud claims](https://thehill.com/tag/election-fraud-claims/) [Fani Willis](https://thehill.com/tag/fani-willis/) [Fani Willis](https://thehill.com/people/fani-willis/) [Fulton county probe](https://thehill.com/tag/fulton-county-probe/) [Lindsey Graham](https://thehill.com/tag/lindsey-graham/) [Lindsey Graham](https://thehill.com/people/lindsey-graham/) [Speech and Debate Clause](https://thehill.com/tag/speech-and-debate-clause/) [Trump](https://thehill.com/people/trump/) [Court Battles](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/) [Equilibrium & Sustainability](https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/) [Court Battles](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/) [Court Battles](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/) [See All](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/) They cited Graham’s roles as Senate Judiciary Committee chairman in reviewing election-related issues and as a senator involved in counting the Electoral College votes on Jan. The senator [dismissed the probe](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3547213-graham-plans-to-challenge-subpoena-this-is-all-politics/) as politically motivated and filed a motion to [quash the subpoena](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3558052-graham-seeks-to-quash-grand-jury-subpoena-in-trump-georgia-probe/). [denied Graham’s motion](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3602514-judge-rules-graham-must-comply-with-georgia-grand-jury-subpoena/) to quash the subpoena. [co-sponsor legislation amending the Electoral Count Act](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3567610-senate-group-unveils-bill-to-avoid-repeat-of-jan-6/). [Court Battles](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/) [told a federal trial court judge](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3619488-da-asks-judge-to-deny-graham-effort-to-quash-georgia-subpoena/) that Graham’s argument “defies the facts, this court’s holdings, Supreme Court precedent and the interests of the public,” adding that the call is not protected legislative activity.

Fulton Co., GA (CNN)–Senator Lindsey Graham is still fighting his subpoena from Fulton County, Georgia. In a court filing Wednesday, Graham says he ...

a US district judge previously dismissed Graham’s attempts to quash the subpoena. A lawyer for Graham says the calls he made to officials, were part of the senator’s duties and are protected by the constitution. Graham again attempts to quash subpoena

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina must appear before the Georgia special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential ...

"And then he -- I got the sense it implied that then you could throw those out for any, if you look at the counties with the highest frequent error of signatures. "He asked if the ballots could be matched back to the voters," Raffensperger told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room" days after the 2020 election. "The Court finds no support for the suggestion that Sen.

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina must appear before a grand jury in Georgia investigating former President Donald Trump's actions following ...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indicated in court filings that she wants to ask Graham about two phone calls she says he made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his staff shortly after the 2020 general election. But she ruled Thursday that "all other topics" are fair game for prosecutors. senator precluded him from questioning under the Constitution's speech and debate clause.

The judge's ruling dealt a blow to the GOP senator, a staunch Trump ally who had sought to avoid an appearance before the Fulton County grand jury.

"The Senator has not identified any protected or privileged information that is 'required' by his subpoena and has instead insisted, not for the first time, that he cannot be subject to questioning in any way, much less in some 'partial' way," Willis argued in court filings this week. Georgia was ground zero for former President Donald Trump's false assertions about the election. "Likewise, the grand jury may inquire into Senator Graham’s alleged communications and coordination with the Trump Campaign and its post-election efforts in Georgia, as well as into Senator Graham’s public statements related to Georgia’s 2020 elections." Graham has asserted that he was engaging in legitimate inquiries as a lawmaker under the Constitution's speech-and-debate clause when he contacted Georgia officials. - The S.C. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.,](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/08/21/lindsey-graham-georgia-subpoena-blocked-appeal/7859963001/) to [testify in a Georgia investigation](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/08/15/lindsey-grahams-subpoena-georgia-grand-jury/10326888002/) into interference in the 2020 election by former President [Donald Trump and his allies](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/09/01/trump-mar-lago-search-document-keepers/7879444001/).

Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), a close Trump ally, has resisted a subpoena from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to testify about calls he made ...

6.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/21/jan-6-committee-hearings-live-updates-day-8/?itid=hp-top-table-main&itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_3) Here’s [ a guide to the biggest moments so far](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/21/january-6-hearings-guide/?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_4). 6.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/01/16/video-timeline-capitol-siege/?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_13) [Five people died](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/trump-riot-death-medical-exainer/2021/04/07/53806608-97cf-11eb-a6d0-13d207aadb78_story.html?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_9) on that day or in the immediate aftermath, and [140 police officers were assaulted](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/14/dc-police-capitol-riot/?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_10). 6](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/29/trump-january-6-timeline/?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_7). Capitol](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/jan-6-insurrection-capitol/?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_8) in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 election results. [former lawyer Rudy Giuliani](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/17/giuliani-georgia-grand-jury/?itid=lk_inline_manual_25). Brian Kemp (R) to comply with a subpoena but [delayed his testimony](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/29/kemp-trump-testimony-georgia/?itid=ap_matthewbrown&itid=lk_inline_manual_25) until after the November election. [criminal referrals of former president Donald Trump](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/03/jan6-trump-criminal-referrals-cheney/?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_5) over his role in the attack, Rep. Capitol](https://www.washingtonpost.com/january-6-capitol-riot/?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_2) has conducted a series of hearings to share its findings with the U.S. [Graham, a close Trump ally,](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/05/georgia-grand-jury-subpoenas-sen-graham-giuliani-trump-legal-team/?itid=lk_inline_manual_14&itid=lk_inline_manual_10) has resisted the subpoena from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) who wants to question the South Carolina senator about calls he made to Georgia election officials soon after Trump lost the state’s election to Joe Biden. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/21/lindsey-graham-trump-grand-jury-georgia/?itid=lk_inline_manual_9). “In other words, Senator Graham cannot be asked about the portions of the calls that were legislative fact-finding.”

District Court Judge Leigh Martin May said she was “unpersuaded by the breadth of Senator Graham's argument.”

May, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, agreed that the grand jury should be prohibited from questioning Graham about any parts of his phone calls that relate to crafting legislation, policy or that contributed to his consideration of his Jan. “The Court finds no support for the suggestion that Senator Graham’s position or responsibilities as a U.S. [asked May to probe deeper](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/21/lindsey-graham-georgia-subpoena-block-00052991) into questions about the scope of the grand jury subpoena for Graham’s testimony. However, she said those limits do not prohibit questioning about any efforts he made to pressure Georgia officials to change their procedures in the middle of their recounts. She indicated to reporters earlier this week that she has interviewed about 60 percent of the witnesses she intends to call and is fighting to secure testimony from a slew of others fighting her subpoenas, such Trump-allied attorney Kenneth Chesebro. “We are pleased that the district court recognized that Senator Graham’s testimony is protected by the Speech or Debate Clause,” a spokesperson said in a statement.