Lindsey Graham: Trump Campaigns Russian Connection A ‘Game Changer’

 

Senator Lindsey Graham called the alleged connection between the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence officials a “game changer.” And Graham said if true, it would warrant a select committee to investigate the matter.

In an interview with Good Morning America, Graham said, “We are not going to make a decision based on what a newspaper says, but now is time for Congress to up its game.”

Graham also said of the allegations, “If it is true, it is very, very disturbing. And Russian needs to pay a price when it comes to interfering in our democracy and other democracies. And any Trump person who was working with the Russians in an unacceptable way, also needs to pay a price. And maybe none of it’s true but I can tell you this, the Congress is not fake. There are real members of Congress up here – made up of Republicans and Democrats who love our country – and are going to make sure that checks and balances that have been in place for 200 years, work. Even when the president is in your own party.”

Graham continued, “If there’s contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence officials outside the norm, that’s not only big-league bad, that’s a game changer. And I would change my view as to what Congress would do.”

Graham also said, “If there are contacts between Trump officials and Russian intelligence, we need a joint select committee in Congress to get to the bottom of this and also look at Trump’s business ties to Russia.”

“I want to do a preliminary investigation … I want to make sure myself that these intercepts exist, that the communications are outside the norms. if that’s the case, its time for the Congress, in my view the Senate, to do a joint select committee where we can look at it holistically,” Graham said.