Graham scheduled to appear before Ga. grand jury probing 2020 election aftermath
Graham scheduled to appear before Ga. grand jury probing 2020 election aftermath The Washington Post
Today, after a drawn-out legal fight, Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) arrived at an Atlanta courthouse where he was scheduled to testify before a grand jury investigating whether attempts by Donald Trump and his associates to overturn the 2020 presidential election results amounted to criminal activity. Prosecutors in Fulton County, Ga., want to hear about conversations that Graham had with Georgia officials about mail-in ballots in the weeks following the election as Trump contested his loss to Joe Biden.
In Washington, Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious-disease expert who became the face of the coronavirus pandemic response, is scheduled to brief reporters from the White House. It is likely to be his final briefing before leaving the government at the end of the year after more than a half-century of public service.
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Analysis: Tech group urges DOJ to take sides in Supreme Court’s Section 230 bout
A center-left tech group funded by Google, Apple and other companies is calling on the Biden administration to come to the defense of the industry’s embattled liability shield, Section 230, in a high-stakes legal case picked up by the Supreme Court.
Writing in The Technology 202, The Post’s Cristiano Lima relays that in a letter Monday to Attorney General Merrick Garland, the Chamber of Progress urged the Justice Department to file a brief pushing back on calls to hold platforms accountable for amplifying harmful content. Per Cristiano:
