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Graham Takes Barr Hearing Off Rails By Complaining About FBI And Clinton

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05.01.19 | 10:29 am
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 1: Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (C) speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on May 1, 2019 in Washington, DC. Barr testified on the Justice Department's investigation of Russian... WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 1: Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (C) speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on May 1, 2019 in Washington, DC. Barr testified on the Justice Department's investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Wednesday took a detour during his opening remarks before Attorney General Bill Barr’s testimony to the committee to complain about Hillary Clinton and a perceived anti-Trump bias among some FBI officials.

Matt Shuham is a reporter in TPM’s New York office. Prior to joining TPM, he was associate editor of The National Memo and an editorial intern at Rolling Stone.
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  1. I cannot match other posters in expressing my disgust…but as a historian, I can say that Graham will be in the bottom percentile of all individuals who served in either Chamber of Congress…and that is in no way meant to be snark.

  4. Just like a freakin’ comment section when the story (or this case, reality) looks bad for trump. The idiot trolls try their best to derail with whataboutisms.

    This can’t work forever, can it?

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