Lindsey Graham Cooks Up A Big Awkward Complaint On Judge In Trump's Jan. 6 Case
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is rallying behind the “need” for a new federal judge in the case accusing former President Donald Trump of conspiring to reverse the 2020 election.
But Graham has come across the judge’s name before. In fact, he voted to confirm her to the federal judiciary less than a decade ago.
Graham, in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Wednesday, argued that “any conviction” against Trump isn’t legitimate in the nation’s capital and claimed that Obama-nominated U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is biased against Trump.
“The judge in this case hates Trump,” said Graham, an unwavering Trump supporter who offered no reason why he’d make such a claim. “You can convict Trump of kidnapping Lindbergh’s baby in D.C.”
He continued: “You need to have a change of venue. We need a new judge. And we need to win in 2024 to stop this crazy crap.”
Graham: The judge in this case hates trump. You can convict trump of kidnapping Lindbergh’s baby in DC. You need to have a change of venue. We need a new judge. And we need to win in 2024 to stop this crazy crap. pic.twitter.com/QBwggvxM4n
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 3, 2023
Graham, along with 94 other senators, voted to confirm Chutkan in 2014.
He was joined in the confirmation vote by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who also has criticized her in Trump’s case. He said on his podcast that the judge has a “reputation for being far left” and is likely to be “relentlessly hostile” to the former president.
Cruz sarcastically sniped on social media that Chutkan’s reported donations to former President Barack Obama’s campaign and victory fund were “comforting.”
Those donations date back at least two years before Cruz’s vote to confirm the judge, according to Federal Election Commission data.
People on X, the former Twitter, mocked Graham’s take.
The judge you and 94 other senators voted to confirm? https://t.co/fdG0epmlnN
— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) August 3, 2023
“We need a new judge,” says senator who voted to confirm said judge. https://t.co/uLG92tXoN6
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) August 3, 2023
If they want to move the 1/6 trial out of DC because the judge is allegedly anti-Trump & the jury may be too, then they should also advocate for moving the classified documents trial out of Florida where the judge is pro-Trump & the jury may be too. Or, they should just be quiet. https://t.co/GyGCyj3UhS
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 3, 2023
I remember when Republicans said attacking judges was the worst thing you could do.
I wonder what’s different here? https://t.co/8XxidybHsR— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) August 3, 2023
Can all defendants pick their judges and ‘friendly’ venues?
Asking for the 158,215 people currently in federal prison. https://t.co/77nKtfadon— Darlene McDonald (@iamdarlenemcd) August 3, 2023
