Lindsey Graham came out firing today and struck fear in Loretta Lynch’s heart. Look, the day of reckoning is upon the deep state and they need to answer for what they did to Trump.
And Lindsey, from his powerful position as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, plans on holding them to account. From The National Review:
Judiciary Committee chairman Lindsey Graham on Monday vowed to investigate the origins of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe in order to expose possible anti-Trump bias on the part of the Department of Justice officials who opened the investigation.
During a press conference marking the release of attorney general William Barr’s summary of the Mueller report, Graham called for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate whether DOJ officials overreached in investigating Trump due to their personal and political hostility to his candidacy.
“By any reasonable standard, Mr. Mueller thoroughly investigated the Trump campaign. You cannot say that about the other side of the story. And what I hope Mr. Barr will do is understand for the country’s sake appoint somebody outside the current system to look into these allegations. Somebody we all trust and let them do what Mr. Mueller did,” Graham said.
The South Carolina Republican vowed that, regardless of whether a special counsel is appointed, the Judiciary Committee would investigate to what extent DOJ officials relied on the uncorroborated Steele dossier when applying for warrant to surveil Carter Page during his time as a national security adviser to the Trump campaign.
“What role did the dossier play? Was it the primary source of the information given to the court, was it supplemental, was it outcome determinative? I want to hear from Mr. Orr why he warned people that you might not want to rely on Christopher Steele,” Graham told reporters when asked what specific events his committee plans to investigate.
“I want to know the role James Comey played in this process. I want to find out was the only reason you recused yourself was because of the tarmac meeting with Loretta Lynch,” Graham added, referring to Bill Clinton’s June 2016 meeting with former attorney general Loretta Lynch on an Arizona airport tarmac.
Lindsey added to devastating effect: “Was it just a tarmac meeting or was it more? I believe there was more there.”
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