South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham incited the fury of President Donald Trump’s most fervent supporters after describing the president’s decision to pardon more than 1500 Jan. 6 insurrectionists as a “mistake”—with one former prisoner slamming Graham as a “Republican in name only.
The GOP senator said Trump "technically" broke the law by firing several inspectors general, but "has the authority to do it."
Senator Lindsey Graham, a longtime ally of Donald Trump, criticized on Sunday the president's pardon of about 1,500 of his supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, saying it could lead to more violence.
Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday said President Donald Trump sent “the wrong signal” in pardoning Jan. 6 rioters who violently assaulted police officers.
S.C., said congressional Republicans who delay funding for border czar Tom Homan could "own another attack on our country."
US Senator Lindsey Graham tells NBC News his ally President Trump shouldn't have pardoned 6 January defendants who attacked police.
Senator Graham said while President Trump had the legal authority to issue the pardons, he thought it was a mistake to pardon people who "beat up a police officer violently.... because it seems to suggest that's an okay thing to do".
S.C., on Sunday said he believes it was “a mistake” for President Donald Trump to pardon those who were convicted of violent crimes or pleaded guilty to committing violent crimes during the Jan. 6, 2021,
In an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham expressed disagreement with the president’s decision to pardon those convicted of violent crimes.
The republican senator also laid into former President Joe Biden for pardoning "all of his family going out the door."