The Judge Won T Let Graham Delay Filing In The Election Investigation

Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May ordered Graham to honor his grand jury subpoena. Graham’s lawyers have appealed that order to the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals and have asked May to stay her decision while that appeal is carried out. May rejected that request in her order on Friday. Graham is scheduled to appear on Tuesday. However, he still has another motion to keep May’s decision pending before the 11th Circuit. Graham’s representatives did not immediately return messages Friday seeking comment. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation early last year and in July filed petitions seeking to compel the testimony of seven Trump advisers and associates, including Graham. Lawyers for the South Carolina Republican argued that a provision of the US Constitution provides absolute protection against questioning a senator for legislative acts. However, the judge found that there are “significant areas of potential jury inquiry” that fall outside the scope of that provision. The judge also rejected Graham’s argument that the principle of “sovereign immunity” protects a US senator from being subpoenaed by prosecutors. Graham also argued that Willis, a Democrat, had not shown the extraordinary circumstances necessary to compel a senior official to testify. But the judge disagreed, finding that Willis had shown “exceptional circumstances and a special need” for Graham to testify on matters related to an alleged attempt to influence or disrupt the Georgia election. Willis and her team said they want to question Graham about two phone calls they say he made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his staff shortly after the 2020 general election. During those calls, Graham asked to “certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia to be reviewed to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump,” Willis wrote in a report. Graham “also raised allegations of widespread voter fraud in the November 2020 election in Georgia, according to public statements made by known Trump campaign associates,” he wrote. Republican and Democratic election officials across the country, the courts and even Trump’s attorney general found there was insufficient evidence of voter fraud affecting the outcome of the election.

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Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May ordered Graham to honor his grand jury subpoena. Graham’s lawyers have appealed that order to the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals and have asked May to stay her decision while that appeal is carried out. May rejected that request in her order on Friday. Graham is scheduled to appear on Tuesday. However, he still has another motion to keep May’s decision pending before the 11th Circuit. Graham’s representatives did not immediately return messages Friday seeking comment. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation early last year and in July filed petitions seeking to compel the testimony of seven Trump advisers and associates, including Graham. Lawyers for the South Carolina Republican argued that a provision of the US Constitution provides absolute protection against questioning a senator for legislative acts. However, the judge found that there are “significant areas of potential jury inquiry” that fall outside the scope of that provision. The judge also rejected Graham’s argument that the principle of “sovereign immunity” protects a US senator from being subpoenaed by prosecutors. Graham also argued that Willis, a Democrat, had not shown the extraordinary circumstances necessary to compel a senior official to testify. But the judge disagreed, finding that Willis had shown “exceptional circumstances and a special need” for Graham to testify on matters related to an alleged attempt to influence or disrupt the Georgia election. Willis and her team said they want to question Graham about two phone calls they say he made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his staff shortly after the 2020 general election. During those calls, Graham asked to “certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia to be reviewed to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump,” Willis wrote in a report. Graham “also raised allegations of widespread voter fraud in the November 2020 election in Georgia, according to public statements made by known Trump campaign associates,” he wrote. Republican and Democratic election officials across the country, the courts and even Trump’s attorney general found there was insufficient evidence of voter fraud affecting the outcome of the election.

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Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May ordered Graham to honor his grand jury subpoena. Graham’s lawyers have appealed that order to the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals and have asked May to stay her decision while that appeal is carried out. May rejected that request in her order on Friday. Graham is scheduled to appear on Tuesday. However, he still has another motion to keep May’s decision pending before the 11th Circuit. Graham’s representatives did not immediately return messages Friday seeking comment. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation early last year and in July filed petitions seeking to compel the testimony of seven Trump advisers and associates, including Graham. Lawyers for the South Carolina Republican argued that a provision of the US Constitution provides absolute protection against questioning a senator for legislative acts. However, the judge found that there are “significant areas of potential jury inquiry” that fall outside the scope of that provision. The judge also rejected Graham’s argument that the principle of “sovereign immunity” protects a US senator from being subpoenaed by prosecutors. Graham also argued that Willis, a Democrat, had not shown the extraordinary circumstances necessary to compel a senior official to testify. But the judge disagreed, finding that Willis had shown “exceptional circumstances and a special need” for Graham to testify on matters related to an alleged attempt to influence or disrupt the Georgia election. Willis and her team said they want to question Graham about two phone calls they say he made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his staff shortly after the 2020 general election. During those calls, Graham asked to “certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia to be reviewed to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump,” Willis wrote in a report. Graham “also raised allegations of widespread voter fraud in the November 2020 election in Georgia, according to public statements made by known Trump campaign associates,” he wrote. Republican and Democratic election officials across the country, the courts and even Trump’s attorney general found there was insufficient evidence of voter fraud affecting the outcome of the election.

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Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May ordered Graham to honor his grand jury subpoena. Graham’s lawyers have appealed that order to the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals and have asked May to stay her decision while that appeal is carried out. May rejected that request in her order on Friday. Graham is scheduled to appear on Tuesday. However, he still has another motion to keep May’s decision pending before the 11th Circuit. Graham’s representatives did not immediately return messages Friday seeking comment. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation early last year and in July filed petitions seeking to compel the testimony of seven Trump advisers and associates, including Graham. Lawyers for the South Carolina Republican argued that a provision of the US Constitution provides absolute protection against questioning a senator for legislative acts. However, the judge found that there are “significant areas of potential jury inquiry” that fall outside the scope of that provision. The judge also rejected Graham’s argument that the principle of “sovereign immunity” protects a US senator from being subpoenaed by prosecutors. Graham also argued that Willis, a Democrat, had not shown the extraordinary circumstances necessary to compel a senior official to testify. But the judge disagreed, finding that Willis had shown “exceptional circumstances and a special need” for Graham to testify on matters related to an alleged attempt to influence or disrupt the Georgia election. Willis and her team said they want to question Graham about two phone calls they say he made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his staff shortly after the 2020 general election. During those calls, Graham asked to “certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia to be reviewed to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump,” Willis wrote in a report. Graham “also raised allegations of widespread voter fraud in the November 2020 election in Georgia, according to public statements made by known Trump campaign associates,” he wrote. Republican and Democratic election officials across the country, the courts and even Trump’s attorney general found there was insufficient evidence of voter fraud affecting the outcome of the election.

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