here, anderson, is this is the box over my right shoulder, very innocuous. we are seeing people vote. but this is still continuing. you can see these folks on these lawn chairs. it doesn t appear any of this particular group is armed. that s usually when the sun comes down that people here and deputies here have told us that they show up. the sheriff did say that he s working with the department of justice to see if any of this might be impeding the vote, and if this is a violation of a federal crime. one thing i should add, anderson, is that a lawsuit has been filed by a couple of activist groups and organizations seeing if they do actually believe that this is a violation of civil rights of a voter and hoping to stop this. anderson. kyung lah, appreciate it. a new development in georgia s criminal probe into the 2020 election. senator lindsey graham, who has been trying to avoid testifying before the atlanta-area special grand jury, got some help today from the supreme court asso
georgia investigators until thursday to respond. it s expected these questions will go to the full court. can you just explain for people why this was justice thomas decision to make? reporter: that s a great question, anderson. he s responsible for handling emergency appeals from the 11th circuit, where this case generated. but, of course, as we know, he s been under a lot of scrutiny after it was revealed that his wife, ginni thomas, a conservative activist, was pressuring trump white house officials to try to overturn the 2020 election. there have been calls for him to recuse himself from any cases related to election interference. clearly he did not do that here. but, again, this is more of an administrative move. this case, these questions about whether the senator will have to potentially testify before this grand jury, those have not been answered on the merits just yet by the high court. paula reid, thanks. just ahead, a conversation with john kirby about russia and th
that subpoena. a federal district court ruled against lindsey graham, a three judge panel of the 11 circuit court of appeals unanimously ruled against lindsey graham, two of those three judges unanimously voting against lindsey graham were trump appointees to the appeals court. then on friday, lindsey graham filed an emergency appeal to the united states supreme court knowing, knowing that the supreme court justice, assigned to handle emergency appeals from the 11th circuit, is clarence thomas. clarence thomas should have immediately recuse himself from that case. but he did not. instead today, clarence thomas became the first federal judge in this case to rule in favor of senator lindsey graham, knowing that lindsey graham s testimony to the grand jury could include possible questions about clarence thomas s wife. it would be reasonable to ask lindsey graham who he
jury. senator lindsey graham is finding his subpoena to that grand jury and he has lost his argument in the first two stages of the federal cases that he brought to try to block that subpoena. a federal district court ruled against lindsey graham, a three judge panel of the 11 circuit court of appeals unanimously ruled against lindsey graham, two of those three judges unanimously voting against lindsey graham were trump appointees to the appeals court. then on friday, lindsey graham filed an emergency appeal to the united states supreme court knowing, knowing that the supreme court justice, assigned to handle emergency appeals from the 11th circuit, is clarence thomas. clarence thomas should have immediately recuse himself from that case. but he did not. instead today, clarence thomas
investigators until thursday to respond it s expected that these questions will go to the full. or can you just explain, why was this justice thomas s decision to? make great question. he s responsible for handling emergency appeals from the 11th circuit. where this case generated. of course as we know, he s been under a lot of scrutiny after it was revealed that s wife, ginni thomas, conservative activist was pressuring trump white house officials to try to overturn the 2020 election. there s calls for him to recuse himself from any s cases related to election interference. clearly, he did not do that here. again, it s more of an administrative move this case has questions about whether the