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https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-subpoena-testify-georgia-glenn-kirschner-1722572
Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is "desperate" to avoid testifying under oath to prosecutors in Georgia over his phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to avoid incriminating himself, according to a legal expert.
Graham was subpoenaed as part of the criminal investigation, led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, into whether Donald Trump and his inner circle committed a crime in their alleged attempts to overturn or interfere in the 2020 election.
The senator's lawyers later said that Graham will be challenging the subpoena, accusing the Georgia investigation of being a politically motivated "fishing expedition."
Prosecutors issued the subpoena against Graham to compel him to discuss his phone calls with Raffensperger in the days after Election Day in 2020, in which he was accused of discussing the possibility of discarding lawful mail-in ballots in an attempt to "explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome" for Trump.
In a statement, Graham's attorneys Bart Daniel and Matt Austin said the Republican plans to "go to court" to challenge the subpoena and that there was nothing wrong with his call to Raffensperger about how Georgia validates absentee ballots.
"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 statement said.
Graham has also previously insisted there was nothing wrong with his November 2020 call to Raffensperger and denied it was an attempt to have absentee ballots thrown out so the results favor Trump over Joe Biden.
Since state have full jurisdiction over how to run their own elections, Graham had no work-related reason for the call and is not entitled to any protections against testifying.
Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is "desperate" to avoid testifying under oath to prosecutors in Georgia over his phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to avoid incriminating himself, according to a legal expert.
Graham was subpoenaed as part of the criminal investigation, led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, into whether Donald Trump and his inner circle committed a crime in their alleged attempts to overturn or interfere in the 2020 election.
The senator's lawyers later said that Graham will be challenging the subpoena, accusing the Georgia investigation of being a politically motivated "fishing expedition."
Prosecutors issued the subpoena against Graham to compel him to discuss his phone calls with Raffensperger in the days after Election Day in 2020, in which he was accused of discussing the possibility of discarding lawful mail-in ballots in an attempt to "explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome" for Trump.
In a statement, Graham's attorneys Bart Daniel and Matt Austin said the Republican plans to "go to court" to challenge the subpoena and that there was nothing wrong with his call to Raffensperger about how Georgia validates absentee ballots.
"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 statement said.
Graham has also previously insisted there was nothing wrong with his November 2020 call to Raffensperger and denied it was an attempt to have absentee ballots thrown out so the results favor Trump over Joe Biden.
Since state have full jurisdiction over how to run their own elections, Graham had no work-related reason for the call and is not entitled to any protections against testifying.
