Sen. Lindsey Graham and ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos got into a heated back-and-forth during a live interview Sunday about the federal indictment against ex-president Donald Trump.
The South Carolina Republican — who has endorsed Trump as the Republican candidate for president in 2024 –exploded at the “This Week” co-anchor after he was asked to clarify if he believed the former president’s claims that he “did nothing wrong” in the classified documents cases.
“No let me finish!,” Graham barked.
The tense moment took place just 30 seconds into the interview, after Graham started to compare the case against the candidate to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, which prompted an FBI investigation in the home stretch of the 2016 presidential race, which she ultimately lost to Trump.
“Well here’s what I believe, we live in an America where if you’re the Democratic candidate for president… you can set up a private server, in your basement, to conduct government business, and when an investigation is had about your activity,” Graham began as Stephanopoulos interjected.
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