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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ordered that
Graham will be required to testify on Aug. 2. The judge's
certification filed on Monday described Graham as a "necessary
and material witness" to the grand jury probe. The development
was reported earlier by WSB-TV.
Graham's office did not immediately respond to a request for
comment. The senator's attorneys said last week he would not
comply with a subpoena issued by the grand jury.
The grand jury also subpoenaed members of Trump's former legal
team, including personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had requested the
special jury in January in part due to its subpoena power, which
she argued was needed to compel witness testimony.
The probe was launched after Trump was recorded in a Jan. 2,
2021, phone call pressuring Georgia's secretary of state to
overturn the state's election results based on unfounded claims
of voter fraud.
During the phone call, Trump urged Secretary of State Brad
Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, to "find" enough votes to
overturn his Georgia loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
The transcript of the call quotes Trump telling Raffensperger:
"I just want to find 11,780 votes," which is the number Trump
needed to win Georgia.
Trump has denied wrongdoing in the phone call.
Legal experts have said Trump's phone calls may have violated at
least three state election laws: conspiracy to commit election
fraud, criminal solicitation to commit election fraud and
intentional interference with performance of election duties.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; editing by Jonathan
Oatis)
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