Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) defended President Donald Trump’s recent decision to suspend security clearances at several law firms that were involved in law fare against him over the last several years.
Graham made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation” with Margaret Brennan when asked if he supported Trump’s actions.
“Yes, I think all of these things — I think [special counsel] Jack Smith was politically motivated,” he said. “I think the Russian hoax — a lot of people should have gone to jail, and they didn’t. I think the idea that President Trump was an agent of Russia was manufactured.”
He said that the president was well within his legal right to strip the security clearances and that it was good for the legal system that Trump was doing this.
“Well, private business aided government power in a fashion to destroy Donald Trump’s life,” he said. “You know, on our side, nobody in your world gets it, but our people believe that the Justice Department was used as a weapon to destroy Trump’s campaign and his business interests and to ruin his family.”
“That they made up bogus charges and they proceeded in a fashion that was designed to destroy him politically and personally. I believe that,” he continued. “And if these people involved pay a price, they got nobody but themselves to blame. That’s what I believe.”
Graham said that the law firms were pushing legal theories that were “designed for political outcomes more than legal outcomes.”
“And Jack Smith using the power of government, incorporating these law firms, in my view, were trying to disrupt and take down the Republican nominee for president,” he added. “That this was an orchestrated effort and Biden only regretted they didn’t do it sooner. So, it was politically motivated. And everybody with their fingerprints on it, I hope they pay a price.”
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