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Head of Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Graham says no more witnesses needed in Trump impeachment but...

Dated: January 29, 2020 by Sharyl Attkisson 2 Comments

      

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Photograph by: Frank Plitt via Wikimedia Commons

In a statement today, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he does not believe additional testimony is needed in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump.

According to Graham, President Trump's controversial phone call with the President of Ukraine reflected U.S. concerns about corruption, not selfish political interests.

"There is ample evidence for the President to be concerned about conflicts of interest on behalf of Hunter Biden and that Vice President Joe Bidenโ€™s failure to take appropriate action was unacceptable," says Graham. "This combination, in my view, undercut Americaโ€™s message on reforming corruption in Ukraine. There is a mountain of evidence to suggest the Bidensโ€™ behavior was harmful to the United States."

While Biden was Vice President and overseeing U.S.-Ukrainian issues, his son Hunter was hired by a Ukrainian energy firm that was mired in alleged corruption. Hunter Biden reportedly received $50,000 a month for his service on Burisma's board of directors.

Several anti-Trump State Department witnesses in the House impeachment hearings testified that they found the hiring of Biden's son problematic from an appearance and conflict of interest standpoint. One official says he expressed his concern to the Vice President's office but did not hear back.

Ultimately, Biden himself publicly stated that he threatened to withhold U.S funds from Ukraine if the president did not immediately fire a prosecutor that was investigating the firm that hired Hunter. However, Biden says the threat was made because he thought the prosecutor was corrupt, not because the prosecutor was investigating Burisma. Nonetheless, some experts say, Burisma and Hunter's son benefitted from the quid pro quo arrangement.

Graham indicated that if witnesses are called in the impeachment trial, that the President and his team will likely have a list of witnesses of their own they wish to call, perhaps including the Bidens.

Read Sen. Graham's full statement below:

โ€œIt is my opinion, based on the law and facts, that additional testimony is unnecessary in this case.

โ€œFor the sake of argument, one could assume everything attributable to John Bolton is accurate and still the House case would fall well below the standards to remove a president from office.

โ€œIt is clear to me that there is ample evidence for the President to be concerned about conflicts of interest on behalf of Hunter Biden and that Vice President Joe Bidenโ€™s failure to take appropriate action was unacceptable. This combination, in my view, undercut Americaโ€™s message on reforming corruption in Ukraine. There is a mountain of evidence to suggest the Bidensโ€™ behavior was harmful to the United States.

โ€œThe House managersโ€™ claim that the sole reason President Trump temporarily paused the aid was purely personal and political, not public, does not withstand scrutiny.

โ€œHowever, I am concerned when John Boltonโ€™s credibility is attacked, it makes it more likely some will feel the need to call him as a witness. 

โ€œIn that event, it would be important for the President and his team to call witnesses on other issues.โ€


      
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  1. Susan LeMay says

    January 29, 2020 at 10:53 pm

    The person who sounded the alarm to the State Department which did nothing was George Kent. He stated his concerns of a conflict of interest to Joe Biden's office. He did not hear back, and he did nothing more. This was his testimony during the House hearings. He also stated that even though the investigations into Burisma were toned down after Joe Biden demanded the removal of the prosecutor, they were still ongoing today. The money was gone and the Ukrainians were pursuing the money trail since the CEO has left the country.

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