Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., not only defends President-elect Donald Trump's pick for FBI director, but explains why he supports him while speaking on CBS' 'Face the Nation.'
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., had a tense interaction on Sunday during a live interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS' 'Face the Nation.' Graham told Brennan he was 'ready' to vote to confirm Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for FBI director, and believes Patel's confirmation hearing 'will expose him to be a very qualified man of the law.' The remarks came after Brennan quoted former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr's memoir about Patel.
'Kash was a public defender, he was a prosecutor, he worked with Trey Gowdy about the Russia hoax,' Graham said. 'So I do think he has the experience. He has the trust of the president.' TRUMP TO BE SWORN IN ON BIBLE GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS MOTHER, AND THE LINCOLN BIBLE 'I'm ready to vote for him because I know him too. See never asked about the Russia hoax that he exposed,' Graham continued.
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