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Lindsey Graham
U.S. Senator — South Carolina, 2003–2026
Telephoned Georgia's Secretary of State twice in the weeks after the 2020 election. The Secretary of State said Graham asked whether he could discard all mail ballots from counties with high rates of signature mismatch; Graham denied suggesting it. On the night of January 6, 2021 he told the Senate "count me out, enough is enough", voted to certify, and said Joe Biden was lawfully elected. He then voted to acquit at the second impeachment trial, voted to block the independent commission on the attack, fought a Fulton County subpoena to the Supreme Court before testifying for two hours, and was named in the special grand jury's report among those it recommended be charged. He was not charged. He returned to the president's side and was central to the second term's policy and staffing until his death on July 11, 2026, aged 71.
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May 28, 2021
Voted to block the independent commission on the attack
Voted against cloture on the bill to establish a National Commission on the January 6 Attack. The motion drew 54 votes to 35, short of the 60 it needed, and the independent commission was never created.
Source: U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote No. 218, 117th Cong., 1st Sess.
Feb 13, 2021
Voted to acquit at the second impeachment trial
Voted not guilty on the article charging incitement of insurrection. The vote was 57 to 43, ten short of the two thirds required to convict.
Source: U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote No. 59, 117th Cong., 1st Sess.