Fox News' Chris Wallace challenges Lindsey Graham on his 1998 claim that ignoring subpoenas is impeachable

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“You’re becoming the judge and jury. It is not your job to tell us what we need. It is your job to comply with the things we need to provide oversight over you,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said in a 1998 clip.

Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday forced Senator Lindsey Graham to watch a 1998 clip of himself talking about the dangers of ignoring subpoenas from Congress during an era when he was leading the impeachment effort against former President Bill Clinton.

“You’re becoming the judge and jury. It is not your job to tell us what we need. It is your job to comply with the things we need to provide oversight over you,” Graham can be seen saying in the December 18, 1998 clip. At the time, he was a member of the House of Representatives and one of the managers — de facto prosecutors — in Clinton's impeachment trial before the Senate.

"If Clinton had stiffed Ken Starr, that’s different," the Republican senator continued."What [Democratic House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold] Nadler is doing is trying to destroy the president and his family. If I were the president, I would fight back against this political revenge coming out of the House.”

Attorney General William Barr provided Congress with his summary of Mueller’s report on March 24, two days after the special counsel finalized his findings. In the four-page document, Barr said Mueller neither exonerated nor indicted Trump with regard to whether he obstructed justice, but the attorney general indicated he saw no grounds to pursue criminal proceedings against the president.

 

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pgmckim Now that lindsey is compromised, ie blackmailed he thinks murdering journalists is ok, selling arms to terrorists ok, following russias orders being a good republican, & starting wars to avoid indictments smart

He didn’t really ‘challenge’ him...he mentioned it, showed old footage & let Lindsey Graham talk his way out of it almost uninterrupted. He did not hold his feet to the fire.

lindsaygrahamresign needs to just come out. He's so Gay, it's frightening

Mr Wallacedont waste your time by putting your job on the line with this non democratic elected congressmans like Graham and few others. You have to go with their leader stupid statements and political line. They are same as their potus

Swallwell as usual is inventing issues and the sky is falling. I find it hysterical that the crazy leftists who put all of their trust in Mueller are now terrified of being exposed. ReleaseTheFISA

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