Republican senator was ordered on Friday to appear before grand jury investigating efforts to overturn 2020 election
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina.A federal appeals court on Sunday temporarily blocked a judge’s order requiring Republican senator Lindsey Graham to testify before agrand jury investigating efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in that state.
Generally, scholars interpret the clause as shielding federal lawmakers from being compelled to face questioning from law enforcement in certain cases, and Graham had cited the provision in challenging a subpoena calling for him to testify before the Atlanta-based grand jury in question. Judges Charles Wilson, Kevin Newsom and Britt Grant of the 11th US circuit court of appeals then ruled on Sunday that it would send the case back to May for her to determine whether Graham’s subpoena should at least be changed.