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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to quash a subpoena for his testimony before a special grand jury in Georgia in a probe into possible unlawful interference in the 2020 election.
Graham filed his request a day after a federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that the Republican senator must testify.
The probe, fronted by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat, seeks to question Graham about phone calls to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in the weeks after the 2020 election.
Graham has argued that his post-election conduct was part of legislative fact-finding efforts and therefore protected by the Speech and Debate clause. The clause ensures congressmen can’t be questioned “in any other Place” about any speech or debate in either chamber of Congress.
The federal appeals court agreed with a lower court that any line of questioning about legislative activities is prohibited but that not all of Graham’s conduct fell within this category.
