Supreme Court turns away Sen. Lindsey Graham's plea to be shielded from testifying before a Georgia grand jury election probe.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away Sen. Lindsey Graham’s plea to be shielded from testifying before a Georgia grand jury looking into President Trump’s bid to overturn his 2020 election loss.
Though Graham lost his emergency appeal, the court also appeared to validate part of his claim, possibly setting the stage for continued legal fighting. Georgia election officials said Graham placed phone calls to them raising questions about the results of the November 2020 election in which Trump narrowly lost in Georgia. Trump was recorded in one call urging an election official to “find” enough votes to change the result.
The Constitution protects members of Congress from being punished and questioned for “any speech or debate in either house,” and Graham maintained he was acting as a Senate investigator when he made the calls to the Georgia officials.
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