Sen. Lindsey Graham a no-show at scheduled Fulton County court appearance

[In It to Win It]

CBS

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46/AP) - U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham did not show up to his scheduled appearance on Wednesday at the Fulton County courthouse.

Graham was subpoenaed to testify to a special grand jury that’s investigating whether Trump and others broke any laws when they tried to overturn Joe Biden’s win in Georgia in 2020.

The senator is one of the Trump allies who Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wants to question as part of her investigation into what she alleges was “a multi-state, coordinated plan by the Trump Campaign to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere.”

Graham said previously that he would fight a subpoena and he still has the ability to do so if he so chooses.

Graham’s attorneys say that the probe by the Democratic district attorney, Fani Willis, is politically motivated.

Graham was ordered to testify before the Special Purpose Grand Jury on Aug. 2. The petition also states that the State of Georgia will pay all reasonable and necessary travel expenses and witness fees requited to secure his attendance and testimony.

[SheltieLover]

1. Lock. Him. Up.

[Bluethroughu]

7. Send the police to pick him up, nobody is above the law!

Laws matter Lindsey!

Resign!!!!

[tavernier]

30. He's no lady.

A lady can testify for eleven hours without even having to reapply her lipstick.

[niyad]

34. Stop with the sexist insults. Please edit or delete.

[Vdizzle]

37. Deleted. But wasn't sexist.

You obviously are unaware of his nickname among the male escorts he hires.

[niyad]

41. I really do not give a flying fig about what his hired companions call him.

Using the word "lady" in what is clearly meant to be a slur IS sexist and offensive. This discussion has been had any number of times here. It grows wearisome.

[dflprincess]

2. How about they issue a bench warrant for him?

That's what would happen if any of us didn't show up.

[Deuxcents]

6. Yep. Getting sick n tired of this

Thumbing up their noses at these subpoenas like it doesn’t apply to them.

[crickets]

16. 👆👆

[uponit7771]

26. +1,

[Chainfire]

3. Send the Georgia State Police to kidnap his ass!

"No, your honor, we asked politely and he came with us on his own free will." "We thought the chloroform would just just make the trip pass quicker for him."

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. "will pay all reasonable and necessary travel expenses and witness fees"

I truly doubt that I would get that consideration. These pukes piss me off.

[former9thward]

21. Yes you would.

The party requesting the subpoena has to pay the witness and travel fees.

[Ferrets are Cool]

27. Thank you. I obviously had no idea.

[Timewas]

5. Normally

If you do not show up they issue a bench warrant, at least for us mere mortals that is how it goes.

[CentralMass]

8. Will there be consequences ?

[Leghorn21]

9. Well well well

Who is 100% completely freaked the fuck OUT??!?

Not me, you king of double-talkin slime!!!

yeah, wishing you a restful night you chickenshit
fucking REPUBLICAN GUY

[samsingh]

32. well written

[Maraya1969]

10. How can he still fight the subpoena now that he has defaulted by not showing up?

"Graham said previously that he would fight a subpoena and he still has the ability to do so if he so chooses"

He should be in jail right now. What the Hell kind of a country do we live in where a certain group can just flaunt the law and get away with it?

[FBaggins]

11. He hasn't defaulted

The OP contains some bad reporting.

He’s currently in federal court trying to quash the subpoena. He doesn’t have to show up while that’s pending.

The judge has reportedly indicated that she will either quash/partially quash it or send it back to the state court for limitations on what questions can be asked

[SergeStorms]

23. Oh, Lindsay gets to choose....

what questions he'll be asked?

Screw that! Get your fat ass in there and answer the court's questions, you wishy-washy, traitorous little creep!

[CaptainTruth]

38. Thank you for posting accurate information.

For this particular hearing he was not required to appear personally, & his attorney, his legal representative, appeared on his behalf.

That is his legal right, just as it is yours & mine.

It's truly frustrating how often media reports are wrong or misleading, as in this case.

[marybourg]

12. flout"

[Maraya1969]

14. I guess so and thanks for the new word. But I think I wrote "flaunt" as in "Flaunt it in your face"

flaunt

transitive verb. : to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn flouting the rules. intransitive verb. : to indulge in scornful behavior Ah, you may flout and turn up your faces— Robert Browning. flout.

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I never used the word "flout" before. But it does make more sense here.

flout
/flout/
Learn to pronounce
verb
openly disregard (a rule, law or convention).
"these same companies still flout basic ethical practices"

[everyonematters]

13. Sounds like he is daring them to attempt to arrest him.

She has gone this far; don't stop now.

[BootinUp]

15. I guess they'll just forget about then Lindsey. Not

[EnergizedLib]

17. Okay?

So, is that not contempt of court?

[onenote]

18. Everyone posting in this thread should read post #11

Instead of pretending to know the facts and law applicable here.

[onecaliberal]

19. The Senator from South Carolina calling election officials in a Georgia, to pressure them to

Illegally overturn an election his party overwhelmingly lost, IS POLITICAL. It is also a crime.

[ecstatic]

20. Frustrating, to say the least

I want lyin' lindsey to be held accountable for his crimes! I'm hopeful that he will be.

[elleng]

22. He's obviously NOT one of We the People.

[czarjak]

24. Privileged privilege?

[lindysalsagal]

28. Anyone who ignores the law should be thrown out of office

Immediately. I wanna see the gqp leadership replaced.

[Samrob]

29. Nothing says "screw the law" like not showing up for legally ordered court appearance. nt

[Novara]

31. Issue a bench warrant for his arrest. Immediately.

When people don't show up for court, bench warrants are issued. Why the fuck should he be any different?

[onenote]

39. He isn't different. You or I would be treated the same

if, like Graham, there was a pending motion to quash the subpoena. See post #25.

[Novara]

42. that post was deleted

If the motion hasn't been decided, he still has to show up when summoned, unless that date was postponed until the motion was decided.

Issue a bench warrant and drag him into the police station under arrest. They will book him and make him promise to appear at a new date. That's how this works for ordinary folks.

[niyad]

35. Colour me sooooooo NOT surprised.

[Heather MC]

36. Time For the Handcuffed Perp Walk

🤷🏾?♀️

[CaptainTruth]

40. He wasn't required to appear personally. See post 11 & my response.

FBaggins has it correct, the media reporting on this is seriously misleading at best & it doesn't serve us well to base our conclusions on falsehoods. Leave that for the Radical Right Rethuglicans.

[70sEraVet]

44. Sorry to report, Sir, the crew is tired of wormy biscuits. They're demanding fresh meat. Anybody's.

[The Bopper]

43. Warrant time

It’s a criminal investigation, issue a warrant and have the DC police frog walk into the station.

[robleb]

45. Ms Lindsey Graham

is a sniffling coward and royal @ss kisser - Lock Him Up !