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Lindsey Graham 'Totally Surprised' By Georgia Grand Jury Recommending Charges
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S. C.) said he was “totally surprised” by the revelation that a Georgia grand jury recommended that he be criminally charged over efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
“What I did was consistent with my job as being a U. S. senator, chair of the Judiciary Committee,” Graham told reporters in South Carolina on Friday. “I think the system in this country is getting off the rails and we have to be careful not to use the legal system as a political tool.”
The special grand jury voted 13-7 earlier this year to recommend charges against Graham, now the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee. The senator was not ultimately indicted by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis when she brought charges against former President Donald Trump and other allies last month.
According to a special grand jury report made public Friday, the panel also believed multiple others should be criminally charged for plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election, including former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn and former U. S. Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, both Republicans from Georgia. The grand jury also recommended charging Perdue for making false statements about the election.
Prosecutors in the case probed a highly unusual phone call Graham placed to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger 10 days after the 2020 election. Graham asked Raffensperger on the call whether he had the power to toss out all mail ballots in certain counties. Raffensberger said it sounded like Graham was suggesting he find a way to set aside legally cast ballots.
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