Lindsey Graham Backtracks on Statement, Suggests Trump Argument Is ‘Legitimate’

Sen. Lindsey Graham said he believes it’s a ‘legitimate claim.’

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) speaks during a hearing about reviewing the President’s supplemental request for the Departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security in Washington on Nov. 8, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday suggested that former President Donald Trump’s legal arguments that he is immune from prosecution is legitimate.

The longtime senator was asked during a CBS News interview on Sunday on whether he stands by a 2021 comment that President Trump could be prosecuted because, according to the statement, “the president’s conduct is subject to the law of the land.”