Sen. Lindsey Graham asks the Supreme Court to block subpoena from Atlanta grand jury

[iluvtennis]

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/21/politics/lindsey-graham-supreme-court-appeal/index.html

Sen. Lindsey Graham asks the Supreme Court to block a subpoena from an Atlanta grand jury investigating 2020 election interference

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Sen. Lindsey Graham asked the Supreme Court on Friday to block a subpoena from the Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

The South Carolina Republican filed the emergency request at the high court after the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a lower-court judge on Thursday that the grand jury could seek his testimony.

Graham maintains that his efforts in Georgia after the 2020 election were legislative activities protected by the Speech or Debate Clause of the US Constitution.

But the three-judge appellate panel ruled that “communications and coordination with the Trump campaign regarding its post-election efforts in Georgia, public statements regarding the 2020 election, and efforts to ‘cajole’ or ‘exhort’ Georgia election officials” are not constitutionally protected.

The emergency request was filed with Justice Clarence Thomas, who oversees the 11th Circuit. Thomas is likely to refer the matter to the full court.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is leading an investigation into efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election.

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Lindsey doth protests too much. He knows he's guilty.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Already at SCOTUS?

He truly wants to avoid telling the truth.

[Zambero]

2. To borrow a phrase from Nancy Pelosi

Do you believe this?

[hlthe2b]

3. Tribe predicts a 9:0 defeat at SCOTUS

Laurence Tribe
@tribelaw
US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Court rightly — and unanimously — rejects Lindsey Graham’s claim of immunity from having to testify before the Georgia grand jury. He should save himself the trouble of a futile trip

Link to tweet

[Scottie Mom]

4. Talk about running scared.

Whatever he knows and whatever he thinks they have on him seem to be scaring the hell out of him. I love it!

[Bev54]

5. So does Lindsey think, like Trump, that because he voted for a number of Justices

that they owe him. He voted for 2 of those on the 11h circuit and they did not return the favour.

[Qutzupalotl]

6. How in hell is pressuring a state to falsify an election

a protected legislative activity? It wasn't even the state be purportedly represents. The Senate was not in session. And it was part of a conspiracy to defraud the United States.

[SoCalDavidS]

7. I Don't See What The Big Deal Is

He's not up for election in the Shithole state that is South Carolina until 2026, and they'll vote for him overwhelmingly regardless of whether he takes the 5th 1,000 times, or is in jail. And we all know he's not going to be in jail, even if he lies. Just because, that's how our "justice" system doesn't work.

[Genki Hikari]

8. I'm waiting for someone to ask him how he had any standing

To question Georgia officials about an election held in their state, when he's a Senator from South Carolina. What concern was it of his?

I'm sure he'd make the "federal" concern argument, which would probably hold, but it still seems strange for an out-of-state Senator to meddle in another state's business.

Tend your own garden, Graham.

Also: The "Miss Lindsey" epithet is both unnecessary and uncalled for. He has enough flaws to criticize without resorting to transphobic smears.

[iluvtennis]

9. removed Miss.