“The Fulton County District Attorney has ensured South Carolina Senator Lindsey O. Graham that he is not a target or a subject of the Special Purpose Grand Jury investigating “possible attempts to disrupt the lawful administration of the 2020 elections in the State of Georgia.” Yet the District Attorney has launched the formal process of compelling the Senator to travel to Georgia to testify before the Special Purpose Grand Jury. She has obtained an ex parte certificate from a Georgia state court that is directed at the Tenth Circuit Court of General Sessions under the Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Without a State in Criminal Proceedings.”
“The proceedings are aimed at forcing Senator Graham to appear in Georgia for seven weeks of in-person testimony. Senator Graham moves to quash the ex parte Certificate and related process purporting to require his appearance in any proceedings related to any Georgia Special Purpose Grand Jury because (1) the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause protects him from this legal process, (2) sovereign immunity prohibits enforcement of the state court process on him as a federal officer, and (3) no extraordinary circumstances exist for compelling his testimony. Therefore, the Court should expedite briefing, and quash the state court proceedings seeking to compel his appearance,” says Senator Human Urinal Cake in his complaint.