The special grand jury in Fulton County, Ga., investigating potential interference in the state’s 2020 election has issued subpoenas for Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and members of former president Donald Trump’s legal team, including Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman.
Also subpoenaed were Cleta Mitchell, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis and Jacki Pick Deason. The four, along with Giuliani and Eastman, were behind pushes by Trump and his team to baselessly claim that the election in Georgia had been fraudulent.
The subpoenas were filed Tuesday.
Graham, one of Trump’s closest allies in the Senate, is being subpoenaed because, according to the grand jury, he made “at least two telephone calls to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and members of his staff” in the weeks following the election.
During the calls, the jury says, Graham questioned Raffensperger about “reexamining certain absentee ballots” cast in the state “to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome” for Trump. In the months since the election, it’s been reported that Graham personally vetted Trump’s fraud claims and was not convinced by them.
Still, the jury has found that the senator is a “necessary and material witness” in their investigation and is asking that he testify before the panel on July 12.
As for the members of Trump’s legal team, the jury has found that they, as lawyers, sought to influence the results of the election in Georgia and elsewhere.
The Fulton County grand jury investigating potential efforts to interfere in the 2020 election was first seated in May. So far, the jury has interviewed a slate of witnesses including Raffensperger and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr.
Tuesday’s subpoenas, first reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, were signed by Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who’s overseeing the grand jury.
Read more about these subpoenas here.
Also subpoenaed were Cleta Mitchell, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis and Jacki Pick Deason. The four, along with Giuliani and Eastman, were behind pushes by Trump and his team to baselessly claim that the election in Georgia had been fraudulent.
The subpoenas were filed Tuesday.
Graham, one of Trump’s closest allies in the Senate, is being subpoenaed because, according to the grand jury, he made “at least two telephone calls to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and members of his staff” in the weeks following the election.
During the calls, the jury says, Graham questioned Raffensperger about “reexamining certain absentee ballots” cast in the state “to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome” for Trump. In the months since the election, it’s been reported that Graham personally vetted Trump’s fraud claims and was not convinced by them.
Still, the jury has found that the senator is a “necessary and material witness” in their investigation and is asking that he testify before the panel on July 12.
As for the members of Trump’s legal team, the jury has found that they, as lawyers, sought to influence the results of the election in Georgia and elsewhere.
The Fulton County grand jury investigating potential efforts to interfere in the 2020 election was first seated in May. So far, the jury has interviewed a slate of witnesses including Raffensperger and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr.
Tuesday’s subpoenas, first reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, were signed by Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who’s overseeing the grand jury.
Read more about these subpoenas here.
