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By John Wagner
August 28 at 8:31 AM
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) said Tuesday that if President Trump replaces Attorney General Jeff Sessions, his new nominee would have to promise the Senate that he would allow special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to complete his investigation.
Graham raised eyebrows last week when he seemed to give Trump his blessing to fire Sessions, telling reporters that the president was entitled to an attorney general he has faith in. Trump has repeatedly derided Sessions publicly for recusing himself from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, a probe that Trump calls a witch hunt. That has prompted widespread speculation that Trump would name a replacement who would shut down the probe, now being led by Mueller.
During an appearance Tuesday on NBCs Today show, Graham stood by his assessment that Trump should have an attorney general he trusts but stressed an important caveat.
You have to replace him with somebody who is highly qualified and will commit to the Senate to allow Mueller to do his job, Graham said. Nobody is going to take Jeffs place that doesnt commit to the Senate and the country as a whole that Mueller will be allowed to finish his job without political interference.
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sellitman
(11,607 posts)Why would anyone?
Goodheart
(5,335 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,436 posts)a "pinky swear" will probably do.
rzemanfl
(29,567 posts)spanone
(135,861 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Last edited Tue Aug 28, 2018, 02:34 PM - Edit history (1)
spanone
(135,861 posts)hatrack
(59,592 posts)Seriously, who cares what Lindsey Graham says? Just another GOP weathervane Power Whore.
safeinOhio
(32,714 posts)Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.). Me thinks that is who he has in mind.
2naSalit
(86,765 posts)peekaloo
(22,977 posts)and Lindsey is doing his best Southern Belle impersonation by being rather coy.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)Sessions wont un-recuse himself and fire Mueller and investigate his political enemies. To suggest that the con man will replace Sessions with a guy who does exactly what Sessions has done is the absolute height of stupidity IMO.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)Since Trump is a marathon watcher, is she auditioning for the AG job to replace Sessions?
peekaloo
(22,977 posts)He's paid her off but she makes a fine looking cheerleader for the Fox crowd. Then again, she's stepped into the Governor's race by endorsing Opie Putnam while declaring how hard she fought to get Thump elected.
Maybe she's angling for an anal-yst position at Fox.
procon
(15,805 posts)the promise to protect Mueller's full and unrestricted authority complete his investigation. A new Attorney General could hamstring Mueller's activities, limit the scope and direction of his investigation, deny him funding, strip his subpoena power, limit the cases he prosecutes in court, bar him from pursuing certain people or problems, subject him to criticisms and restrictions that weaken his authority and curtail the scope of his mission.
Lindsey Graham is trying to protect Trump by laying the groundwork to undermine Mueller with a Trump loyalist taking over as the new AG.