The South Carolina Republican told CNN that he “did not like” how Trump pardoned people who “beat up cops,” and suggested he would be open to curtailing the presidential pardon power.
In a wide-ranging interview on Sunday, Vice President JD Vance defended a variety of plans set in motion by President Trump during the first week of his term, including the beginnings of a promised crackdown on migrants living in the United States and an effort to supercharge oil and gas production.
Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, quickly condemned the Trump administration’s offer to roughly 2 million federal employees to resign in exchange for pay, saying in a Senate floor speech that the deal was a trick, that the president didn’t have the authority to make the offer and employees who resign may not be paid.
One symbolic but meaningful example of that is that he decided to order the state’s flags to full staff for Trump’s inauguration, rather than tweaking the new president with half-staff banners. It’s the act of someone trying to lower the temperature.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a top Trump ally, says the White House pardoning rioters who fought with police while storming the U.S. is “sending the wrong signal.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Trump ally, affirmed his opinion of Trump pardoning Jan. 6 rioters saying he doesn't like anything that would send the "wrong signal"
In an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham expressed disagreement with the president’s decision to pardon those convicted of violent crimes.
In Illinois, the Pritzker administration is conducting a “know-your-rights” campaign for foreign nationals in the country illegally. At an unrelated event Friday, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker ...
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham incited the fury of President Donald Trump’s most fervent supporters after describing the president’s decision to pardon more than 1500 Jan. 6 insurrectionists as a “mistake”—with one former prisoner slamming ...
Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday said President Donald Trump sent “the wrong signal” in pardoning Jan. 6 rioters who violently assaulted police officers. Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union ...
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said President Donald Trump “technically” violated the law by terminating more than a dozen inspectors general in a Friday night firing spree without notifying ...
WASHINGTON − Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Sunday he thinks it was a “mistake” for President Donald Trump to pardon those who committed violence against law enforcement officials during ...