“This is Ridiculous”: Lindsey Graham skips the 2020 Georgia Election Hearing

Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham reportedly declined to appear for a scheduled Wednesday court appearance in an investigation about whether Trump and associates acted illegally in attempting to overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020 Georgia election results, according to Atlanta CBS affiliate 46 News.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis claims “a multi-state, coordinated plan by the Trump Campaign to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere,” the outlet reported. Graham’s communications director Kevin Bishop said to the Daily Caller News Foundation, that Graham had never planned to attend the hearing. (RELATED: David Axelrod On Trump Raid: ‘This Has Never Been Done In The History Of Our Country’)

FILE PHOTO: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks at a news conference in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., May 11, 2021. Picture taken May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Linda So/File Photo

“The attorneys for Graham and the Fulton County DA were arguing before a federal judge about the subpoena,” Bishop said. U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May said she hoped to rule on the matter Friday but might not do so until Monday, according to The Associated Press.

Bishop received the DCNF statement Graham sent earlier in this week.

We will go as far as it takes. Graham stated that he was the Chairman of Senate Judiciary Committee, and had to vote for certifying elections. This is absurd. He declared, “This weaponization of law must stop .” So I will use the courts.” “We will go as far as we need to go and do whatever needs to be done to make sure that people like me can do their jobs without fear of some county prosecutor coming after you.”

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Willis stated in July that Graham called Georgia Secretary Brad Raffensperger and members of his staff at least twice in the weeks after the 2020 presidential election to question them about examining certain Georgia absentee ballots “to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome” for Trump,” the outlet reported. According to reports, she also said that the senator mentioned “allegations for widespread voter fraud” during the Georgia election. This was in reference to statements made by Trump Campaign associates.

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