Lindsey Graham — Cohen Situation Doesn't Have a Damn Thing To Do With Russia

“I know this, it ain’t got a damn thing to do with Russia,” Graham said of the allegations that Trump broke campaign finance laws regarding payments to former alleged mistresses. “I’m not excusing it, but we are talking about sex, we’re talking about Stormy Daniels, Michael Avenatti and a Playboy bunny as your chief witnesses. Now if you want to make that the centerpiece of 2019, be my guest.”

“Well, it would be a campaign finance violation in theory,” Graham responded. “Campaign finance violations have never been used to impeach anybody. Obama failed to report $8 million worth of contributions and he got a fine, so I’m just saying what’s the big deal to me — Did Trump collude with the Russians? And if he didn’t, I’ll put everything else in perspective. If you want to impeach the president over the Stormy Daniels thing, you can if you choose to. We tried this with Clinton. It started out with some bad business deals. Sexual harassment lawsuits are always about sex. You don’t want the most important part person in the world — the president — undermining the legal system. That’s what it was about to me. If you think this is worthy of impeachment in the House, go ahead. I think most Americans probably won’t agree with you.”