A federal judge in the United States has ordered Republican Senator Lindsey Graham to answer questions in a Georgia state investigation into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, but limited the scope of what can be asked.In a 23-page ruling on Thursday, US District Judge Leigh Martin May rejected Graham’s argument that all his calls with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger were protected under the US Constitution’s “speech or debate” clause, which shields members of Congress from questioning about official legislative acts.She did, however, agree with Graham’s lawyers that legislative protection applies to parts of the calls specifically pertinent to “Georgia’s then-existing election procedures and allegations of voter fraud in the leadup to his certification vote” — portions she noted were “legislative fact-finding”.
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