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The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to keep Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) from having to testify before a Georgia grand jury investigating possible interference in the 2020 election by former President Donald Trump and his associates.
In denying Graham’s emergency request for a stay, the justices cleared the way for the longtime lawmaker to appear before a special grand jury in Fulton County Nov. 17.
Graham asked the high court in October to block his appearance after the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected his motion to toss the subpoena.
The senator, who made a number of phone calls to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in the weeks after Trump lost in the Peach State, argued that the subpoena violated the Speech or Debate clause of the Constitution, which protects lawmakers from legal liability for actions while conducting congressional business.
