North Fulton Today

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is the latest slated to appear before a special grand jury in Georgia probing whether former-President Donald Trump and others broke the law by attempting to overturn President Joe Biden’s win in the state.

His call to testify comes after he challenged the subpoena issued to him late last month, hoping to have the challenge heard in federal court in Atlanta rather than before the Fulton County Superior Court judge who’s overseeing the special grand jury. In a recent report by FOX 5 Atlanta, Graham said he will go as far as he needs to go and do whatever needs to be done to ensure people like him can do their jobs “without fear” of being pursued by a county prosecutor.

"I was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and had to vote on certifying an election," Graham told reporters, FOX 5 reports. "This is ridiculous. This weaponization of the law needs to stop."

According to the report, lawyers for Graham continue to insist that his status as a U.S. senator provided him immunity from having to appear before the special grand jury and are pushing to have U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May quash the subpoena.

This comes as Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis first took legal action early last year, seating a special grand jury with subpoena power at her request. Since then, Willis has filed petitions seeking to compel testimony from at least seven Trump advisers and associates, FOX 5 reports.

Authorities have indicated they wish to question Graham concerning phone calls he made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his staff in the weeks following the election that Trump lost to now President Joe Biden. During these calls, Willis says Graham questioned Raffensperger and staff about “reexamining certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia” to “explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome” for the former president.