Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Tuesday slammed the FBI’s raid on the home of former President Donald Trump, accusing the agency of acting politically. His remarks come the day after 30 agents seized boxes of documents from the former president’s home.
The senator asked Fox News about the motives behind the raid during an interview. “We’re 90 days before an election. The FBI sent agents to the home of a former president, the leading contender to be the nominee for 2024, and I want to know why,” he said. “I know doing this 90 days before an election reek of politics… Can you imagine if the roles were reversed here?”
The SC is now offering a new service: @LindseyGrahamSCAccording to him, Monday’s FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago “reeks political.”
Graham also said he spoke with former President Trump today & riffed on 2024:
“One thing is certain: Before he ran, I believed that he would run. I’m stronger in my belief now.” pic.twitter.com/zgteCYPtTq
— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) August 9, 2022
Graham is one of many Republicans who have criticized the Justice Department’s move against Trump, accusing it of being motivated by politics. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, threatened Attorney General Merrick Galrland on Monday and promised to question him in Congress if the GOP wins the House.
“I’ve seen enough. The Department of Justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization,” the lawmaker said. “When Republicans take back the House, we will conduct immediate oversight of this department, follow the facts, and leave no stone unturned.”
“Attorney General Garland, preserve your documents and clear your calendar,” McCarthy added.
Graham said that he spoke with Trump Tuesday, and that he believed he would still be running for the presidency in 2024.
“At the end of the day I know there’s a tremendous burden on the Department of Justice in my view to explain their actions and I hope they will,” he said. “I talked to the president [Trump]Henry and I were just an hour apart. One thing I can tell you is that I believed he was gonna run before — I’m stronger in my belief now.”
Although the FBI has yet to comment publicly about this raid, it’s unlikely that they will soon. But with the Bureau’s history of targeting Trump, it is difficult to believe that this operation was not specifically designed to prevent the former president from seeking office again. They believe that they can indict Trump or cause enough damage to stop him running for office again. The Justice Department didn’t find any evidence that the offense was more than a failure to submit documents. If so, the ploy could backfire on Democrats in the 2022/2024 elections.
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