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| https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=9F2EE3A3-08E7-4B70-A45C-25E4BEB5166E | Graham on Clinton Investigation, Jeff Sessions as Attorney General | 2016-11-22 | 2016 | 2016-11 | Republican | House | SC | Lindsey Graham | G000359 | www.lgraham.senate.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made these statements in a Fox News interview on the investigation of the Clinton's and the anticipated nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) to be Attorney General of the United States. On Reports President-elect Trump Will Not Pursue Clinton Investigation: “Well so much for ‘Locking Her Up’ I guess. The bottom line is that I think the Clinton Foundation, the whole mess, should be looked at with an independent view, not a political agenda. I never believed Obama’s Justice Department would seriously look at what she may have done. I can understand wanting to put the election behind us and heal the nation, but I do hope all the things President-elect Trump said about how crooked she was – well, we just don’t let it go without some serious effort to see if the law was truly violated. I think that would be a mistake.” https://youtu.be/5d9EAkjvg64?t=12s On the Nomination of Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General: “I’ve known Jeff for twenty years. I think he’s a principled conservative. I’ll have some questions for him before the Judiciary Committee. These attacks on his personal character, about him being some kind of closet racist or what he may have said thirty or forty years ago is complete garbage. Jeff Sessions is one of the finest people I have ever known. I don’t think there is a hateful bone in his body. We have some policy differences so I’ll be glad to challenge Jeff where we disagree, but support him in terms of him being a good, decent man. And to my Democratic colleagues, you better watch what you do here.” https://youtu.be/5d9EAkjvg64?t=2m24s | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |