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Lindsey Graham looking to take over Judiciary Committee so he can investigate Hillary and the FBI: reportTOM BOGGIONI
02 NOV 2018 AT 15:05 ET
Buried deep in a New York Times profile on the emergence of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) as a force within his own party comes an admission from the southern senator that he hopes to assume the chairmanship of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee should the GOP hold onto their majority.
According to the report, Graham has emerged as a rock star within the party after stealing the spotlight with his angry diatribes during the Senates Supreme Court hearings on controversial Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
With that increased influence comes a desire for more, with Graham hoping current Judiciary Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) will opt to move to head the equally powerful Finance Committee. Graham is next in line to grab the Judiciary gavel. According to the Times, Graham has expressed an interest in using his potential newfound power to launch yet another investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The reports states, [Graham] said as well that he wants to become chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee after the election, if the current chairman, Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, grabs the gavel of the Finance Committee. Should that happen, he said, he would initiate an oversight investigation into whether the Department of Justice and the F.B.I. were in the tank for Mr. Trumps 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton, joining similar efforts in the House.
Should Grassley stay put, there have been rumors that Graham would replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who is expected to either step down or be fired by President Donald Trump after the midterms. Grahams Senate seat then could open up for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who recently stepped down as the U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
NYT article is here
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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/lindsey-graham-looking-take-judiciary-committee-can-investigate-hillary-fbi-report/
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Just like we knew he would. Like we're all just a bunch of rubes and didn't see that coming right??
Autumn
(45,064 posts)Did you learn nothing from your other hearings into Hillary that went nowhere? Rock star my ass.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Spend away.
Autumn
(45,064 posts)but healthcare and taking care of the poor cost too much. Just like the Russia investigation costs too much and takes too long but they can haunt Bill and Hillary Clinton for years and it's not long enough, they always find something else to investigate. Lindsey is the biggest asshole hypocrite in the world.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)bluestarone
(16,926 posts)Lindsay should be one we subpeona first
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)BlueStater
(7,596 posts)beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)Vinca
(50,269 posts)I rarely agreed with him in the past, but I never thought he was off his rocker until his Trump love set in.
elleng
(130,878 posts)politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)Comey would have never done what he did at the last moment had the DOJ or FBI been in the tank for Hillary. In fact it was just the opposite. There were so many at the DoJ and FBI that didn't like Hillary that the former mayor, Guliani was stoking the flames over at some hangout for Former Disgruntled FBI agents who hated the Clintons and Comey was walking a tightrope trying to appease this bunch because he knew he had no case against Hillary regarding the server bullshit.