WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) – Senator Lindsey Graham will not comply with a subpoena issued by a Georgia grand jury investigating former U.S. President Donald Trump’s alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, the lawmaker’s lawyers said on Wednesday. .
“Senator Graham plans to go to court to contest the subpoena and expects to prevail,” attorneys Bart Daniel and Matt Austin said in a statement issued on Graham’s behalf.
They said Graham was “within his right to discuss with government officials the processes and procedures surrounding the administration of elections.”
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The grand jury also subpoenaed members of Trump’s former legal team, including personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. Read more
A grand jury was selected in May to consider evidence in an investigation that began after Trump was recorded in a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call pressuring the Georgia secretary of state to overturn the state’s election results based on his claims for voter fraud.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) arrives before U.S. Attorney General William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee titled “The Justice Department’s Investigation of Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. U.S., May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/File Photo
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Trump has denied wrongdoing in the phone call.
Graham’s lawyers said in the statement that the senator was subpoenaed as a “mere witness” in what they called a “fishing expedition.”
“Any information from an interview or testimony with Senator Graham will be immediately shared with the committee beginning January 6,” they said.
Fulton County District Attorney Fannie Willis, who convened the grand jury investigation, said in an interview Wednesday that more subpoenas for additional Trump associates should be expected and declined to rule out a subpoena for Trump himself.
Asked if that included Trump family members or former White House officials, she told MSNBC, “We’ll just have to see where the investigation takes us,” calling it a “very serious” matter.
“We will do our due diligence to make sure we look at all aspects of the case,” she said.
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Reporting by Katherine Jackson in Washington Additional reporting by Karen Freifeld and Susan Heavey Editing by Andy Sullivan and Matthew Lewis
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