Peach Tree Times

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) recently asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene, hoping to keep him from having to appear before a local, special grand jury probing whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in the state, according to a report by FOX 5 Atlanta.

This comes as Graham’s office described the South Carolina Republican’s filing as an attempt "to defend the Constitution and the institutional interest of the Senate," the report states.

The lower court’s ruling, Graham’s office said, "would significantly impact the ability of senators to gather information in connection with doing their job."

In submitting his filing before the court, attorneys for Sen. Graham, a close associate of former President Trump, sought to put a stop to a push for his testimony while he continues to appeal the order to appear before the Fulton County special grand jury, according to FOX 5 Atlanta.

Now serving his fourth term, Graham was first slapped with a subpoena in July by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who opened her investigation shortly after a recording of a January 2021 phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger where the then President suggested that Raffensperger "find" the votes he needed to help overtake Joe Biden was made public.

According to the report, Willis hopes to probe Graham about two additional phone calls he had made to Raffensperger and his staff in the weeks after the election asking them about examining certain absentee ballots cast in the state in order to “explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump.”