WABE's Week In Review: Fulton County's DA continues to bring big political names into her election meddling investigation

September 3rd, 2022

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks Monday, June 13, 2022, during a debate with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, hosted by Fox News at the The Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston. The Georgia investigation into potential criminal interference in the 2020 election is heating up. Prosecutors are trying to force allies and advisers of former President Donald Trump to come to Atlanta to testify before a special grand jury. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

Judge again denies Graham’s effort to skirt Georgia subpoena

South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham must testify before the Fulton County special grand jury investigating efforts by some to overturn the 2020 election result in Georgia.

Judge: Sen Lindsey Graham has to appear for Fulton County special grand jury.

❌Off limits: "Information-gathering" q's about election procedures/voter fraud

✅Fair game: Efforts to pressure officials to throw out ballots, coordination with Trump campaign post-election pic.twitter.com/Wz27G98ijT
— Sam Gringlas (@gringsam) September 1, 2022

Graham had fought his subpoena in federal court.

On Thursday, a judge ruled prosecutors can ask him about allege efforts to encourage Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to throw out ballots.

"I think we are about 60% through of all the people that we need to be brought up”

"I am very hopeful that by the end of this year, I'll be able to send the grand jury on their way."@FaniWillisForDA on the grand jury investigating 2020 election interference in Georgia. #gapol pic.twitter.com/qSjb6Q9KPf
— Rahul Bali (@rahulbali) August 29, 2022

And Governor Brian Kemp will not have to testify until after the November midterms where he is seeking re-election.

Advocates worry Georgia’s abortion law will impact treatments for miscarriage…

It’s been more than a month since a federal court enacted Georgia’s abortion law House Bill 481, banning nearly all abortions at about six weeks of pregnancy, when ultrasound machines can detect electrical pulsing in the womb and before many people know they are pregnant.

The law is already fueling fears in Georgia that it may also make it harder for some patients to access miscarriage management because the treatment uses the same procedures as abortion.

It’s been more than a month since a federal court enacted Georgia’s law banning nearly all abortions at about six weeks of pregnancy. The law is already fueling fears that it may also make it harder for some patients to access miscarriage management. https://t.co/fUGrNcx4sV
— WABE News (@wabenews) September 1, 2022

“Here we go again”…

We talk with Larry Sernovitz, the senior rabbi at Temple Kol Emeth in Marietta, who works with Cobb County schools after anti-Semitic incidents. The latest included logos for an elementary school in the county that resembled a Nazi eagle.