Federal appeals court delays Sen. Lindsey Graham's testimony in Georgia election probe

Atlanta — A federal appeals court on Sunday agreed to temporarily put on hold a lower court's order requiring that Sen. Lindsey Graham testify before a special grand jury that's investigating plots to overturn former President Donald Trump's 2020 presidential election loss in Georgia.

The South Carolina Republican had received a subpoena to appear before the special grand jury on Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May had denied Graham's request last Monday to quash the subpoena and on Friday rejected his effort to put her decision on hold while he appealed. Graham's lawyers then appealed to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.