Asked about his 2017 comments, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R.C.) said Sunday that conservatives no longer trust the FBI and urged President-elect Trump to pick an “irreproachable” FBI director. asked to do so.
“He has an obligation and an obligation to choose someone who is beyond reproach outside of the political lane. I think he will do that. I hope he does that. I want the president to “In contrast, I would encourage them to choose someone who we can all unite with, including those who work for the FBI,” Graham said in a 2017 interview.
In an interview on NBC News' “Meet the Press,” when asked if President Trump's current pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, was “beyond reproach,” Graham said, “I don't know what she's going to do in the end.” We are discussing whether we should do so.”
“Look, what's happened since last time? The FBI, in the eyes of conservatives, has become kind of a very biased organization,” Graham continued, noting that law enforcement had stolen Hunter Biden's laptop. He cited concerns that the case and the Steele dossier were being suppressed.
“So, the FBI that I talked about back then has changed. So what do I want from the FBI director now? Someone who can clean it up, get back to the job of fighting crime. Thumbs up on the political scale.” We don't want to go back to the days of J. Edgar Hoover, and that's going to be the case. Get someone to clean up the place,” Graham said.
“None of us trust these people anymore,” he added.
