U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is seen successful his chambers astatine the U.S. Supreme Court gathering successful Washington, U.S. June 6, 2016.
Jonathan Ernst | Reuters
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas connected Monday temporarily blocked a subpoena issued by a Georgia expansive assemblage seeking grounds from South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.
The clasp connected the subpoena came days aft Graham's attorneys asked Thomas to enactment the senator's quality earlier the expansive jury, which is investigating imaginable transgression interference successful Georgia's statesmanlike predetermination successful 2020.
Thomas, who is liable for exigency applications specified arsenic Graham's issued retired of the national 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, issued the enactment connected his ain accord, without referring the question to the full Supreme Court.
The enactment volition springiness clip to Graham's lawyers and prosecutors successful Fulton County, Georgia, much to record briefs arguing whether the subpoena should beryllium allowed to basal oregon not.
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