Lindsey Graham

Mr Graham's attorneys claim he cannot be compelled to testify before the grand jury became of limited immunity granted to members of the House and Senate.

“Senator Graham was well within his rights to discuss with state officials the processes and procedures around administering elections,” they said. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. By law, grand jury investigations are considered secret and prosecutors can face heavy penalties if they disclose information under unauthorised circumstances.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, Rudy Giuliani and attorneys affiliated with former President Donald Trump received subpoenas from a Georgia grand jury.

Senator Graham plans to go to court, challenge the subpoena, and expects to prevail." "This is all politics. They claimed that if the subpoena to Graham is upheld, it will erode the constitutional balance of power and affect his ability to do his job as a member of Congress.

As a Georgia district attorney investigates Team Trump, Lindsey Graham was among those receiving a grand jury subpoena.

The fact that Mitchell was included was of particular interest given that she was on the Jan. 2 call when the then-president urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” the votes necessary to flip the state’s election results. That said, it’s a safe bet none of the folks on Willis’ subpoena list was pleased with yesterday’s news. The Fulton County special grand jury also subpoenaed lawyers Jenna Ellis, Cleta Mitchell and Kenneth Chesebro, all of whom worked with Trump as he contested the election results. The fact that prominent members of Trump’s legal team, for example, have been subpoenaed in an intensifying criminal probe is itself extraordinary. Indeed, earlier this year, the prosecutor was granted a special grand jury to proceed with the case. When Donald Trump whined over the holiday weekend about being “on trial,” it served as a reminder that the former president is dealing with legal troubles on multiple fronts.

Sen. Lindsey Graham will challenge a subpoena for testimony in a Georgia probe into possible 2020 election interference by former President Donald Trump.

"As Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Graham was well within his rights to discuss with state officials the processes and procedures around administering elections. "Any information from an interview or deposition with Senator Graham would immediately be shared with the January 6 Committee." The subpoena said Graham “made at least two telephone calls” to Raffensperger and his staff. Among the incidents Willis has said she’s investigating is a post-election phone call Graham made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in November of 2020. Willis dismissed Graham's allegation that her investigation was motivated by politics, telling NBC News on Wednesday that he "doesn’t understand the seriousness of what we’re doing." "Senator Graham plans to go to court, challenge the subpoena, and expects to prevail," the statement said.

Attorneys representing Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham say that he intends to challenge the subpoena that he was issued by an Atlanta-area ...

and his staff in the wake of the 2020 election. "This is all politics. "Senator Graham plans to go to court, challenge the subpoena, and expects to prevail," attorneys Bart Daniel and Matt Austin wrote in a written statement on behalf of Graham.

The senator called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asking him about potentially throwing away ballots, Raffensperger said.

Graham was one of several Trump allies who were issued subpoenas in the probe Tuesday, the first time people in Trump’s orbit have been subpoenaed as part of the investigation. Fani Willis, Fulton County’s district attorney, convened a grand jury in May as part of the district attorney’s ongoing investigation into the 2020 election, which will examine whether Trump violated state law in his efforts to overturn President Joe Biden’s win in the state. So that’s the impression that I got.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham intends to fight a subpoena in a Georgia investigation over potential criminal interference in the state's 2020 election.

The grand jury also issued subpoenas for a half-dozen Trump allies associated with his presidential campaign. “As Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Graham was well within his rights to discuss with state officials the processes and procedures around administering elections,” the attorneys state. The certificate also said Graham “possesses unique knowledge” of the substance of the calls, “the circumstances surrounding his decision to make the calls” and the logistics of setting up the calls.

Attorneys representing Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham say that he intends to challenge the subpoena that he was issued by an Atlanta-area ...

The Fulton County special grand jury investigating Georgia's 2020 elections has issued subpoenas for Rudy Giuliani and several others in former President ...

Senator Graham plans to go to court, challenge the subpoena, and expects to prevail." "As Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Graham was well within his rights to discuss with state officials the processes and procedures around administering elections," the attorneys said. "In my conversations with Fulton County investigators, I have been informed Senator Graham is neither a subject nor target of the investigation, simply a witness," said attorneys Bart Daniel and Matt Austin. "This is all politics.

Graham is one of the highest profile figures DA Fani Willis has subpoenaed to speak before a special grand jury.

Why it matters: A combination of safe-haven buying and interest rates has sent the undisputed heavyweight champion of global reserve currencies to its highest levels in at least two years against major counterparts. It has left a few winners — but lots of losers — in its wake. Driving the news: Graham's attorneys Bart Daniel and Matt Austin called the investigation "a fishing expedition." - The subpoena, they wrote, would "erode the constitutional balance of power and the ability of a Member of Congress to do their job." In a statement, they wrote Fulton County investigators have told them Graham is "neither a subject nor a target of the investigation, simply a witness." Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) plans to challenge a subpoena served by the district attorney's office in Fulton County, Georgia, which is investigating former President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to a statement from his legal team.

Senator Lindsey Graham will not comply with a subpoena issued by a grand jury in Georgia investigating former U.S. President Donald Trump's alleged attempts ...

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Graham's attorneys slammed the investigation into former President Donald Trump and his allies' actions in Georgia after the 2020 election as being ...

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South Carolina U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a top ally of former President Donald Trump, plans to fight a subpoena issued by a Fulton County special gran.