South Fulton Today

After being subpoenaed in a Georgia special grand jury investigation into allegations of efforts to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election results, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has filed a motion to fight his appearance.

This comes as Graham told FOX News that allowing county prosecutors to call “every member of the Senate” for the investigation is just opening Pandora's box, FOX 5 Atlanta reports.

"Senator Graham did not inject himself into Georgia’s electoral process, and never tried to alter the outcome of any election. The conversation was about absentee ballots and Georgia’s procedures," states the motion to quash the subpoena, which was filed Tuesday in federal court in Graham's home state of South Carolina.

Filing his motion in federal court, Graham argues that the subpoena ordering him to appear before a special grand jury to testify about a call he made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his staff is politically motivated and going forward would set a dangerous precedent for members of Congress, the report states.

Graham's motion argues that the subpoena would violate Constitutional protections given to members of Congress under the Speech and Debate Clause, which is designed to ensure that legislators are allowed to go about official business, the report states.