Sen. Lindsey Graham was duped into phone conversations with Russian pranksters posing as Turkish officials back in August, his office confirmed to NBCNews.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., was duped into phone conversations with Russian pranksters posing as Turkish officials in August, his office confirmed to NBC News.
"Your YPG Kurdish problem is a big problem,” Graham told the pranksters, one of whom was claiming to be Turkey's defense minister, according to Politico. The reference was to Kurdish fighters who had been armed by the U.S. to combat ISIS. "We want a better relationship with Turkey. That’s exactly what he wants," Graham told them, according to the report.
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