2 call in which Trump urged Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn the result in the state.Īll told, the grand jury issued seven subpoenas Tuesday, including for attorneys Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Cleta Mitchell, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis and Jacki Pick Deason. Graham’s calls were separate from the Jan. The documents were published by the Journal-Constitution, and the probe concerns Trump’s broader effort to overturn his electoral loss in Georgia. The Graham summons, filed in Fulton County Superior Court on Tuesday, is one of more than half a dozen for Trump allies on which a Fulton County judge signed off. “He never asked the Secretary of State to disqualify a ballot cast by anyone.” Others subpoenaed
Graham was asking about how the signature verification process worked,” spokesman Kevin Bishop said in February 2021. Last year, a Graham spokesman told The Washington Post and other outlets that a grand jury investigation into the call with Raffensperger was “ridiculous.” It also states Graham has knowledge about any coordination of the calls with the Trump campaign and “other known and unknown individuals involved in the multi-state, coordinated efforts to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere.”Ī spokesman for Graham could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesday. The certificate also states Graham “possesses unique knowledge” of the substance of the calls, “the circumstances surrounding his decision to make the calls” and the logistics of setting up the calls. Georgia officials allege that during the telephone calls, Graham “questioned Secretary Raffensperger and his staff about reexamining certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia in order to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump,” the certificate states. The special grand jury seeks testimony from the South Carolina Republican about at least two telephone calls he had with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Raffensperger’s staff, according to a certificate to secure an out-of-state witness. Lindsey Graham to testify next week as part an investigation into potential criminal interference in the state’s 2020 elections, according to copies obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A grand jury in Georgia issued a subpoena Tuesday for Sen.