Lindsey Graham may want to stay off Twitter today
Joe Biden last night, and Twitter was left distinctly unimpressed.Graham’s criticism of Biden came after the latest blow in the South Carolina Senator’s attempts to wheedle his way out of a special grand jury appearance.Graham has been trying hard to avoid testifying in Fulton County, Georgia.
Investigators want him to reveal what he knows about attempts to overthrow the 2020 election result.Graham slams his subpoena as politically motivated.
He also believes he cannot be forced to testify under the Constitution’s Speech and Debate Clause. This protects lawmakers from lawsuits related to official legislative duties.Yesterday, U.S.
District Judge Leigh Martin May chucked out most of Graham’s argument and said he still needed to appear before the grand jury.Judge Martin did bar the jury from asking Graham about specific calls he made to election officials for fact-finding purposes.
