{"id":2026981,"date":"2023-09-09T19:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T23:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-says-grahams-response-to-grand-jury-report-doesnt-pass-laugh-test\/"},"modified":"2023-09-09T19:42:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T23:42:12","slug":"schiff-says-grahams-response-to-grand-jury-report-doesnt-pass-laugh-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-says-grahams-response-to-grand-jury-report-doesnt-pass-laugh-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Schiff: Graham&#8217;s reaction to grand jury report is laughable."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fschiff-says-grahams-response-to-grand-jury-report-doesnt-pass-laugh-test%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2026981&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Rep. Adam Schiff \u200cCalls\u2062 Out Sen. Lindsey Graham for Narrowly Avoiding Indictment<\/h2>\n<p>In a recent CNN\u200c interview, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) didn&#8217;t hold back in criticizing Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for his reaction to narrowly \u200bavoiding an indictment. The indictment recommendation came from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-prosecutors-convene-grand-jury-to-hear-evidence-in-criminal-investigation-into-trump-others\/\" title=\"NY Prosecutors Convene Grand Jury To Hear Evidence In Criminal Investigation Into Trump, Others\">special grand jury<\/a>, which investigated attempts by \u2064former President Donald Trump \u2063and \u2064his associates to subvert the 2020 election in \u200bGeorgia.<\/p>\n<h3>Grand \u200dJury&#8217;s Surprise Recommendation<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texans-deshaun-watson-avoids-indictment-after-grand-jury-reviews-multiple-sex-assault-claims\/\" title=\"Texans\u2019 Deshaun Watson Avoids Indictment After Grand Jury Reviews Multiple Sex Assault Claims\">grand jury&#8217;<\/a>s recommendation to indict Graham\u200d came as a surprise to the South Carolina\u200d senator. \u2063Fulton \u200dCounty District Attorney Fani\u2062 Willis, however, ultimately decided not\u2062 to\u200d charge Graham, \u200cdespite indicting Trump and 18 others\u2062 last month.<\/p>\n<p>Schiff expressed his disbelief at Graham&#8217;s explanation, stating, &#8220;You don&#8217;t, as a senator, a House member, or another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-democrats-election-heist-too-big-to-fail\/\" title=\"Is the Democrats\u2019 Election Heist \u2018Too Big to Fail\u2019?\">elected official<\/a>, call a secretary of state in \u200bsome other state and \u200ctry to \u2064get them to toss out\u200d votes. That is \u2062not the least bit part of the job description, and he&#8217;s lucky not to\u200b be \u2063indicted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Commendation for the Grand Jury<\/p>\n<p>Schiff commended the grand jury\u200b for taking\u2062 their job seriously and voting 13 to 7 in favor of recommending an \u200dindictment against Graham.\u200d However, he acknowledged that Willis had a higher burden of proof \u200band made a &#8220;rational decision&#8221; \u200dto avoid charging the senator.<\/p>\n<p>Graham&#8217;s Response<\/p>\n<p>Graham expressed his surprise at\u2063 the grand jury&#8217;s report, stating, &#8220;I never suggested anybody set aside the election. I never said, &#8216;Go \u200bfind votes.&#8217; I never said anything other\u200b than trying to find how the mail-in balloting system \u200cworked.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Indictments for Trump \u200cand \u2064Associates<\/p>\n<p>Instead of Graham, Trump and 18 \u2062other associates, including former White\u2064 House chief of\u2064 staff Mark Meadows and \u2062former Justice Department official Jeffery Clark, were handed down indictments last \u200dmonth. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-says-grahams-response-to-grand-jury-report-doesnt-pass-laugh-test\/\" title=\"Schiff: Graham's reaction to grand jury report is laughable.\">41-count racketeering case alleges<\/a> that \u2063they conspired \u200dto overturn the election results\u2064 in Georgia. The indictment specifically focuses on a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-totally-surprised-fulton-county-grand-jury-recommended-his-indictment\/\" title=\"Lindsey Graham 'shocked' by grand jury's indictment recommendation.\">post-election call<\/a> to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which Trump urged him to &#8220;find&#8221; a specific number of votes needed to win the\u2064 state&#8217;s election. Graham&#8217;s phone call to\u2063 Raffensperger around the same time prompted the\u2064 grand jury&#8217;s recommendation.<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming Trial<\/p>\n<p>A trial for as many as three co-defendants, who\u2063 invoked their \u200cspeedy trial\u200d rights, could begin as soon as Oct. 23. A judge will decide next week if the other defendants, including Trump, will face trial, possibly in early March.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) criticized Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for his response to narrowly escaping an indictment. A special grand jury suggested charging Graham for his involvement in efforts to undermine Georgia&#8217;s 2020 election. However, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis ultimately decided not to pursue charges against Graham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2026982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2026981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2026981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2026982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}