.MaddowBlog: Asked about evidence of obstruction, Sen. Graham says, ‘I don’t care.’
When Sen. Lindsey Graham was Rep. Lindsey Graham , he helped lead the impeachment effort against then-President Bill Clinton. In the process, the Republican lawmaker established a series of principles he said he believed in, setting benchmarks for lines a president cannot and should not cross.
On “Face the Nation” yesterday, CBS News’ Margaret Brennan presented the senator with some of his previous statements, leading Graham to try and draw a distinction between Clinton and Donald Trump: “What President Clinton did was interfere in a lawsuit against him by Paula Jones and others; hide the evidence; encourage people to lie. So to me he took the legal system and turned it upside down.”
Despite the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Graham, added that he considers obstruction allegations against the president to be “absurd.” It’s an amazing perspective. Graham didn’t say this explicitly, but the unmistakable takeaway is that he believes Trump attempted to obstruct justice, but he failed to actually do so. The president told the White House counsel to fire the special counsel and lie about it, but since Don McGahn didn’t execute Trump’s wishes, then the whole sordid mess is just “theater.”
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