Judge denies Graham's plea to delay testimony before grand jury investigates Trump

Graham's recent attempt to delay his testimony before a Fulton County grand jury investigating whether then-President Trump and his supporters interfered in the 2020 presidential election came after Sen. Denied by a judge.Graham sought an emergency stay against the order to testify pending appeal and asked the district judge to suspend the grand jury's ability to enforce the subpoena. That request was denied.

South Carolina Republican senator on Friday asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to stay the order, leaving the issue of his testimony scheduled for next week in his three hands. Probability is high. - Jury panel.

Graham said that when he called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Ravensperger twice after the election, he claimed that he was doing "legislative acts" and that he had already asked a federal judge to quash the subpoena. In court filings, Fulton County attorneys argued that Graham's actions were not legislative and sought to "explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome" for Trump. 

U.S. District Judge Lee Martin May said earlier this week that Graham's status as a senator made him a special. It ruled not to protect against elections. He appeared before the Fulton County grand jury and was ordered to appear as a witness before a special grand jury on 23 August.

May writes: Activities that may involve Members of Parliament are undoubtedly outside the scope of protected legislative activity. Because, in fact, they are "of a political rather than legislative nature." The senator on the Senate Judiciary Committee said, according to his office, that he was simply "exercising due diligence before the election count act certification ballot - where he could authenticate the election."

President Joe Biden won Georgia by just under 12,000 votes, or 0.5%. Graham has admitted to having phone calls in the past and has dismissed all his cheating allegations. It worked for mail-in ballots, voting.

Graham's verdict comes amid heightened scrutiny of Mr Trump following a series of high-profile investigations. Last Friday, a New York City judge blocked an attempt to dismiss Trump's company and its former CFO on criminal tax fraud charges. Two days before that,President Trump, Letitia of New York, said hundreds of times while attending court-ordered depositions in a broad civil fraud investigation run by Attorney General James. Invoked the 5th Amendment. FBI raids Trump's Mar-a-Lago mansion, classified documents allegedly improperly removed from White House A deposit was made two days after he searched for Federal investigators in that case are investigating Trump for possible violations of his three criminal statutes, including the Espionage Act.