A day after saying he wouldn’t bother to read the testimony, Sen. Lindsey Graham now says he did read it, and his conclusion is that the Trump administration’s Ukraine policy was too "incoherent" for it to have orchestrated the quid pro quo at the heart of the impeachment inquiry.
A day after saying he wouldn’t bother reading transcripts released by House Democrats in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., now says he did read the testimony, and his conclusion is that the administration’s Ukraine policy was too “incoherent” for it to have orchestrated the quid pro quo that is at the heart of the probe.
Graham, who two weeks ago said he would consider new evidence in the impeachment probe, initially said he had no plans to read their testimony.On Wednesday, Graham said he had, in fact, read the transcripts. Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, added: “I find the whole process to be a sham, and I’m not going to legitimize it.”
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