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Lindsey Graham on Mike Pence calling for end of Mueller investigation: It's not his decision
Washington Examiner ^ | May 10, 2018 | Daniel Chaitin

Posted on 05/11/2018 10:56:55 AM PDT by sickoflibs

Telling Russia special counsel Robert Mueller to wrap up his investigation is not up to Vice President Mike Pence, says Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

"That's not Vice President Pence's decision to make," Graham told CNN on Thursday. "I'm sure Mr. Mueller will wrap it up when it gets time to wrap it up."

Earlier in the day, Pence told NBC that a year into Mueller's inquiry, during which the administration has provided more than 1 million documents, it would be "in the interest of the country I think it’s time to wrap it up."

“And I would very respectfully encourage the special counsel and his team to bring their work to conclusion," Pence added.

Mueller's team is looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. President Trump has repeatedly assailed the probe as a "witch hunt."

"The only thing I can say is I haven't seen any evidence of collusion," said Graham, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is also looking into Russian interference. "Mr. Mueller has a good reputation. We'll see what his report says and where he goes, but in the system you can't have the people being investigated tell you to wrap it up."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; graham; lindseygraham; mikepence; mueller; pence; robertmueller; russia; senate; trump; trumprussia; vppence
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To: sickoflibs

Pence > Graham


61 posted on 05/11/2018 12:31:32 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: Steely Tom

Vichy France, more specifically.


62 posted on 05/11/2018 12:32:27 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Electric Graffiti

They do deserve the same kind of “Justice” they are trying g to give Trump. A quick lynch trial ?


63 posted on 05/11/2018 12:40:51 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: sickoflibs

Lindsey Graham does not have the authority over what answer Mike Pence gives to questions.


64 posted on 05/11/2018 12:44:58 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: sickoflibs
This is a straw-man set up by Graham to keep his name on the news.

VP Pence didn't tell them to end the investigation. He knows decisions regarding this debacle are not under his purview. That is why he said "I would very respectfully encourage the special counsel and his team to bring their work to conclusion".

Respectfully encouraging Mueller to work to a conclusion is absolutely not the same thing as "Telling Russia special counsel Robert Mueller to wrap up his investigation".

Lindsey Graham is a lying, self-aggrandizing, backstabbing, conniving little toad.

65 posted on 05/11/2018 12:48:12 PM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: sickoflibs

I guess we know which side on the aisle he is on now.


66 posted on 05/11/2018 12:49:47 PM PDT by McGruff (Bring our troops home. Defend our border.)
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To: McGruff
RE:”I guess we know which side on the aisle he is on now.’

Now ????!!!

Were you fooled by some of his past fake moves like his Obamacare repeal that he had Mccain kill?

Grahamnty is a weasel.

67 posted on 05/11/2018 1:02:43 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Florida school safety bill=gun grabbing)
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To: WayneS
RE:”Lindsey Graham is a lying, self-aggrandizing, backstabbing, conniving little toad’

I became convinced of that for well over a decade and I am suspicious even when he looks like he is doing something we might like.

When he put up that Obamacare repeal bill I was sure he had a deal with his buddy McCain to kill it,.

Probably Homo too.

68 posted on 05/11/2018 1:05:39 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Florida school safety bill=gun grabbing)
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To: Herman Ball

RE:”Remember Graham is a lawyer.”

What are you getting at?


69 posted on 05/11/2018 1:06:40 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Florida school safety bill=gun grabbing)
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To: Genoa

Right-o on the VP right to an opinion. He didn’t assume any authority to make the call. Sen. Graham: before you open your painted lips, read the remarks of the VP. Twit. (HT: Genoa)


70 posted on 05/11/2018 1:07:14 PM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: sickoflibs

No Linda, but he is entitled to an opinion!


71 posted on 05/11/2018 2:08:29 PM PDT by Redleg Duke (The Democrats in California want another civil war over cheap labor!)
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To: Yaelle
It’s hard to know what motivates Graham.

And I probably don’t want to know for real.

Only the McCains know for sure


72 posted on 05/11/2018 2:13:15 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Wonderful theory, wrong species)
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To: sickoflibs

Why do SC Repubs keep sending him back to the Senate?

Any SC Freepers out there that can educate us deplorables in the heartland?

I’m just baffled.


73 posted on 05/11/2018 2:46:58 PM PDT by Sapwolf (Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty. -Sowell)
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To: sickoflibs

The only reason Linda says things like this is he is convinced he can get away with it.
That time is very quickly coming to an end.


74 posted on 05/11/2018 2:54:40 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: sickoflibs

Graham told CNN on Thursday, HERE LIES THE PROBLEM, this scumbag is not with us CNN do we need to know more? He’s talking to CNN


75 posted on 05/11/2018 4:17:55 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: ronnie raygun
RE:”Graham told CNN on Thursday, HERE LIES THE PROBLEM, this scumbag is not with us CNN do we need to know more? He’s talking to CNN

I became convinced of that for well over a decade and I am suspicious even when he looks like he is doing something we might like.

When he put up that Obamacare repeal bill I was sure he had a deal with his buddy McCain to kill it,.

Probably Homo too.
(copied from my #68)

76 posted on 05/11/2018 8:27:59 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Florida school safety bill=gun grabbing)
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