The hold on the subpoena came three days after Graham's attorneys asked Thomas to delay the senator's appearance before the grand jury, which is investigating possible criminal interference in Georgia's presidential election in 2020.On Thursday, a panel of judges on the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals unanimously rejected a request by Graham to temporarily block the subpoena, which calls for the senator to testify on Nov. 17 in an Atlanta courthouse.Two days before he issued the stay, Thomas told Fulton County, Georgia, prosecutors, who are presenting evidence to the grand jury, to respond by Thursday to Graham's request for a stay of the subpoenaThe stay will give more time for Graham's lawyers and prosecutors to file briefs arguing whether the subpoena should be allowed to stand or not.But the 11th Circuit panel in its ruling last week said that a federal district court judge had ordered that a Fulton County prosecutor could not question Graham about portions of the call that qualify as legislative activity.Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, blasted Thomas on Twitter for blocking the subpoena, tying it to the justice's wife Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, who had encouraged Trump White House officials and state legislators to overturn Biden's victories in swing states."