在佐治亚州2020年选举调查的持续法律战中林赛·格雷厄姆(R-S.C .)已将前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)的首位白宫法律顾问唐纳德·麦克甘(Donald McGahn)加入其法律团队。
格雷厄姆继续反对传票，传票命令他在富尔顿县的刑事调查中出现在大陪审团面前，以推翻该州2020年选举的结果。
麦克汉的名字出现在最近的一份法律文件中，该文件提醒富尔顿县高级法院，格雷厄姆将把他的挑战转移到佐治亚州北区，因为他继续反对传票，这是他上个月开始的。
周一，当被美国广播公司新闻问及为什么让麦甘加入时，格雷厄姆说，“他是这个领域的一个非常好的人。”
“我认识他，我认为他是个不错的选择，”格雷厄姆说。"那算是他的业务范围。"
格雷厄姆是上个月被传唤作为富尔顿县地方检察官对特朗普试图推翻佐治亚州选举结果的刑事调查的一部分。
富尔顿县地方检察官范尼·威利斯于2021年2月正式启动调查，部分原因是特朗普打的电话致佐治亚州国务卿布拉德·拉芬斯佩格，他恳求特朗普“找到11780张选票”，这正好是特朗普赢得佐治亚州所需的票数。
Sen. Lindsey Graham participates in a panel discussion on the economy during the America First Agenda Summit in Washington, July 26, 2022.
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格雷厄姆上周接受了传票的送达，这表明他是一名“必要的重要证人”，此前他同意富尔顿县检察官放弃在南卡罗来纳州和华盛顿特区对传票的挑战，并在佐治亚州提出任何未来的挑战。
作为撤销传票的一部分理由，格雷厄姆表示，当他涉嫌在2020年大选后给佐治亚州官员打电话时，他是在作为参议员和司法委员会主席的“官方立法职责范围内”行事。
据称，在给Raffensperger和其他人打电话的过程中，格雷厄姆要求“重新检查格鲁吉亚的某些缺席选票，以探索对前总统唐纳德·特朗普更有利的结果的可能性，”法官在该案的一份文件中写道。
“[格雷厄姆]拥有关于电话内容的独特知识，围绕他决定打电话的环境，设置电话的后勤，以及他自己、参与计划和执行电话的其他人、特朗普竞选团队以及参与多州协调努力以影响佐治亚州2020年选举结果的其他已知和未知个人之间的任何通信，”文件中说。
在上个月的一次电台采访中，格雷厄姆被问及他是否会就传票“放弃斗争”，他回答说，“不。上帝，不。”
他定于8月23日上午在大陪审团面前出庭。
Lindsey Graham adds Trump's former White House counsel as he battles Georgia subpoena
Amid an ongoing legal battle over the 2020 election probe in Georgia, Sen.Lindsey Graham(R-S.C.) has added former President Donald Trump's first White House counsel, Donald McGahn, to his legal team.
Graham continues to fight a subpoena ordering him to appear before a grand jury in Fulton County's criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state.
McGhan's name appeared on a recent legal filing alerting the Fulton County Superior Court that Graham would be moving his challenge to the Northern District of Georgia, as he continues his fight against the subpoena, which he first began last month.
Asked by ABC News on Monday why he brought McGahn on board, Graham said, "He's he's a really good guy in this area."
"I've known him, he was a good choice I thought," Graham said. "That's sort of his area of practice."
Graham wassubpoenaed last monthas part of the Fulton County district attorney's criminal probe into Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia's election results.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis officially launched the investigation in February 2021, sparked in part by thephone call Trump madeto Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which he pleaded with him to "find 11,780 votes," the exact number Trump needed to win Georgia.
Graham accepted service of the subpoena, which identifies him as a "necessary and material witness," last week, after agreeing with the Fulton County prosecutors to drop challenges to the subpoena in South Carolina and Washington, D.C., and bring any future challenges in Georgia.
As part of his argument to quash the subpoena, Graham says that he was acting "within [his] official legislative responsibilities" as a senator and chairman of the Judiciary Committee when he allegedly made calls to Georgia officials in the wake of the 2020 election.
During those calls to Raffensperger and others, Graham allegedly asked about "reexamining certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia in order to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump," the judge wrote in a filing in the case.
"[Graham] possesses unique knowledge concerning the substance of the telephone calls, the circumstances surrounding his decision to make the telephone calls, the logistics of setting up the telephone calls, and any communications between himself, others involved in the planning and execution of the telephone calls, the Trump Campaign, and other known and unknown individuals involved in the multi-state, coordinated efforts to influence the results of the 2020 election in Georgia," the filing said.
During a radio interview last month, Graham was asked whether he would "give up the fight" over the subpoena, to which he responded, "No. God, no."
He is scheduled to appear before the grand jury on the morning of August 23.
