Posted on 05/14/2020 7:49:48 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday rebuffed President Trump's demand that he call former President Obama to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of oversight on the origins of the Russia investigation.
“I think it would be a bad precedent to compel a former president to come before the Congress. That would open up a can of worms, and for a variety of reasons, I don't think that's a good idea," Graham told reporters on Capitol Hill.
Trump urged GOP lawmakers on Thursday morning to call Obama to testify in front of the Senate panel — the latest incident in recent days where the president has homed in on his predecessor.
“If I were a Senator or Congressman, the first person I would call to testify about the biggest political crime and scandal in the history of the USA, by FAR, is former President Obama,” Trump tweeted. “He knew EVERYTHING.”
The president specifically singled out Graham, telling him to “just do it” and to stop playing “Mr. Nice Guy.”
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Linda always makes me regret saying good things about him!
Seriously Linda, what are you so worried about here?
They did it to Reagan.
VERY interesting development!
My lovey says Graham and Mc Lettuce have a baby together
Snake in the grass.
Like having a foreign enemy agent in the White House wasn’t a bad precedent that now opens the door for every illegal alien anchor baby, Chinese tourist baby and Anwar al-Awlaki’s kids to be President.
‘It would be a bad precedent’..
Well he was a bad president so it works out perfectly.
I agreed with Trump’s strategy of letting sleeping dogs (pigs) lie when he got into office.
Forget about obama and hillary and holder and the others and just do his job.
He and I were both wrong.
They will never let him rest.
It’s him or them.
He knows that now.
So do I, albeit a bit late.
They did it to Reagan.
Great point. And no doubt Graham knows it.
Obama is above the law. Got it.
Yes when your a republican Senator or Congressman, doing your job is always bad precedent.
It wouldmset a precedent, but only in the context of a sitting president attempting to go after an incoming president they considered an enemy and were trying to frame and destroy with manufactured fake data.
I think the bar inmwhich to call a former president would therefore, be set at that height, which is imo, very high.
Excuse me? What they did to a duly elected president was unprecedented.
Brain fart here, please refresh my memory.
And he will act SHOCKED, SHOCKED I TELL YA, that the Dems will call Trump to testify over and over and over...the don’t give a damn what you think Lazy Lenny.
Lovey?
I typed “my gut”
Wow
A latter day Arlen Specter. Make you think he’s a conservative every 6 years when he’s up for re-election. Then makes you regret it the other 5.
I am 99% sure the Dums once in power, will harass a retired Trump once out of office. I believe it’s time to destroy these clowns with a pre emptive strike because Trump knows daggers are out once he’s out of office..
A bad precedent is when a retired president runs a coup on his successor
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