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From: Sr K	11/1/2022 8:58:11 PM
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Updated Supreme Court Rejects Lindsey Graham’s Bid to Avoid Georgia Grand Jury Testimony Fulton County prosecutors are looking into possible pro-Trump efforts to interfere with the state’s 2020 election results Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) says his phone calls to Georgia’s secretary of state were privileged legislative activity.PHOTO: KEVIN DIETSCH/GETTY IMAGES By Jess Bravin Updated Nov. 1, 2022 5:27 pm ET SHARE Listen to article (2 minutes) WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court Tuesday denied Sen. Lindsey Graham’s emergency plea to avoid cooperation with a Georgia grand jury investigating possible pro-Trump interference in the state’s 2020 vote count, but reiterated lower-court rulings that the South Carolina Republican could assert a privilege to decline to answer specific questions he argues involve legislative activity. The Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis, had a special-purpose grand jury convened to investigate alleged efforts to subvert President Biden’s victory by pressuring state officials to falsify the outcome in former President Donald Trump’s favor. Among other matters, Ms. Willis, a Democrat, is investigating at least two phone calls Mr. Graham made to Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s Republican secretary of state and chief elections official, after the November 2020 election. Exc.

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