Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sharply criticized CBS’s Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan on Sunday after she questioned him about President Donald Trump’s use of the Department of Justice to investigate his perceived political enemies.
During the interview, Brennan shifted the discussion to domestic issues, specifically Trump’s recent executive orders targeting prominent law firms. These firms, including Paul Weiss and Covington & Burling, have been restricted in their business activities and had security clearances revoked due to their involvement in cases related to former Special Counsel Jack Smith.
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“I want to ask you about what’s happening here at home,” Brennan said. “There were more executive orders from the president this week targeting some of the country’s most prominent law firms, including Paul Weiss. He wants to restrict the business activities of the firm, despite a federal judge ruling in a different case that it’s unconstitutional. The President suspended security clearances at the firm.
He stripped clearances from lawyers over at Covington & Burling as well because they were involved in representing former Special Counsel Jack Smith. Do you support this?” Graham responded by defending Trump’s actions, arguing that Smith’s prosecution of Trump was politically motivated.
“I think Jack Smith’s effort to prosecute President Trump for January 6 was politically motivated, and people who engage in trying to destroy President Trump, I don’t mind him going after them in a lawful way. I don’t mind restrict–,” Graham began before Brennan interjected, “Is this lawful? Is this good for the US legal system, Senator? Because the President is trying to use government power to punish private business because he didn’t like some of the work they had been doing.” Graham pushed back, alleging that the Justice Department had previously been used against Trump in an unfair manner.
“Private business aided government power in a fashion to destroy Donald Trump’s life,” he insisted. “You know, on our side, nobody in your world gets it, but our people believe that the Justice Department was used as a weapon to destroy Trump’s campaign and his business interests and to ruin his family. They made up bogus charges and proceeded in a fashion designed to destroy him politically and personally.
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I believe that. If these people involved pay a price, they got nobody but themselves to blame, that’s what I believe–.” Brennan pushed back, stating, “But these are lawyers working on cases that—you’re making it sound like the work that they take on is somehow part of a conspiracy, and they should be punished for it.”
Graham doubled down on his stance, asserting, “Yeah, I think these law firms were pushing legal theories that, to me, were designed for political outcomes more than legal outcomes. You know, we can have a debate about— you know, holding a lawyer accountable for his client’s actions.” The heated exchange underscores the growing divide over Trump’s legal battles and the broader debate about the role of the Justice Department in American politics.
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