Judge again rejects Graham bid to avoid testifying in Georgia election probe
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The Republican senator from South Carolina was granted limited protection from specific areas of questioning in his grand jury testimony.
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Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis is investigating possible 2020 election interference by former President Donald Trump and his allies.
A federal judge on Thursday ruled that constitutional protections don't shield U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham from testifying before a special grand jury investigating possible illegal efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss in Georgia.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) scored a partial victory Thursday in his weekslong legal wrangling with investigators in Fulton County, Georgia, but he was dealt another blow to his overall bid to quash a subpoena against him.
A federal judge on Thursday again declined to quash Sen. Lindsay Graham’s (R-SC) bid to avoid testifying to a Georgia grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s interference in the 2020 election.
By Holmes Lybrand Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina must appear before the Georgia special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge ruled Thursday, but the scope of his testimony will be limited.
Graham cannot face questioning "about investigatory fact-finding" he conducted in phone calls made to state officials, a federal judge in Atlanta ruled.
A federal judge declined to quash Sen. Lindsey Graham's Georgia election probe subpoena, though she limited the scope of the questions the special grand jury can ask.
Graham had tried last month to get out of testifying before the Georgia grand jury investigating Trump and his allies’ role in allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election.
The South Carolina senator can be questioned about any alleged effort to encourage Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to throw out ballots or alter his state’s election practices and procedures.
Graham cannot face questioning "about investigatory fact-finding" he conducted in phone calls made to state officials, a federal judge in Atlanta ruled.
