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Lindsey Graham Says He Would Oppose Effort to Compel Hunter Biden Testimony

[NR] Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) on Friday said if Republican colleagues attempt to compel Hunter Biden to testify in the impeachment trial of President Trump, he will vote against the subpoena.

"I don’t want to call Hunter Biden. I don’t want to call Joe Biden. I want someone to look at this when this is done," Graham told reporters on Capitol Hill.

"I don’t think it’s wrong for us to look at the Biden connection in the Ukraine, the $3 million given to the vice president’s son by the most corrupt company in the Ukraine," Graham said. However, he added, "To my Republican friends, you may be upset about what happened in the Ukraine with the Bidens but this is not the venue to litigate that."

Republicans such as Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) have repeatedly threatened to subpoena Hunter Biden if Democrats follow through on their intention to summon former White House national security adviser John Bolton. Paul and colleague Ted Cruz (R., Texas) have suggested the idea of "witness reciprocity," allowing Democrats to call a witness to testify in exchange for a Republican witness.

Graham acknowledged he will need several Republican senators to vote with him to prevent a subpoena of Hunter Biden and that he doesn’t yet know of other senators who would join him.

The fate of possible votes regarding Bolton and other possible Democratic witnesses was still unclear. A group of moderate GOP senators, including Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah, have signaled support in the past for allowing witnesses at the trial.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-25 02:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 The worthless SOB can't seem to get behind the Speaker and the party. Did Maverick come to him in a dream ?

Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-25 02:17|| 2020-01-25 02:17|| Front Page Top

#2 It's Joe you need to question. Even if you know he'll plead the 5th or play dumb it'll make him look terrible to voters.

Posted by ruprecht 2020-01-25 03:18|| 2020-01-25 03:18|| Front Page Top

#3 What on earth is his reasoning?
Does he have his own Ukrainian slush?

Posted by Lex 2020-01-25 03:20|| 2020-01-25 03:20|| Front Page Top

#4 ^I'll take Does he have his own Ukrainian slush? for 100 NIS.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-01-25 03:22|| 2020-01-25 03:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Compel?

..cause you don't want to be compared to an Arkansas divorce judge with the success you'll have?

Posted by Procopius2K 2020-01-25 06:58|| 2020-01-25 06:58|| Front Page Top

#6 One might be almost tempted to think that Lindsey has some Ukraine investments.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-01-25 10:27|| 2020-01-25 10:27|| Front Page Top

#7 The path goes _through_ Ukraine, but it doesn't stop there. IMHO if you were on Burisma's payroll you were on Putin's. And the Obama Administration was way too protective of a corporation set up by Putin's cronies when they were in power.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2020-01-25 11:00|| 2020-01-25 11:00|| Front Page Top

#8 And now we find out that Graham is being protective of Burisma too.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2020-01-25 11:00|| 2020-01-25 11:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Occam would agree.
Sharpen yer razor!

Posted by Lex 2020-01-25 11:06|| 2020-01-25 11:06|| Front Page Top

#10 Meet the new Lindsey, same as the old Lindsey.

Posted by charger 2020-01-25 13:20|| 2020-01-25 13:20|| Front Page Top

#11 If I understand correctly, the Republican party here in SC has canceled our primary...which means no challenger for Lindsey. I would happily vote for any primary challenger. But NEVER for a Democrat to replace him (No Doug Jones in SC!)...so he is safe for another 6 years.

Posted by Tom 2020-01-25 17:11|| 2020-01-25 17:11|| Front Page Top

#12 Having gone from naive trusting youth to cynical curmudgeon in only a few short years, I'm skeptical. Maybe Lindsey is a typical congressional weasel, maybe he is playing good cop/bad cop: Gentlemen, let's not get bogged down calling witnesses. Let us quickly bring this circus to its inevitable conclusion.

The Dems buy this because the last thing they want is Bidens of any flavor in the witness stand. The 'Pubs go for it because they can do a full Ukraine investigation later.

Or he may just be a weasel.

Posted by SteveS 2020-01-25 18:28|| 2020-01-25 18:28|| Front Page Top

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