GOP senator rejects Trump's demand for Obama to testify on Russia probe
2020-05-16 09:27:23 source：Global Times
May 15, 2020
Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, on Thursday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's demand that his predecessor, Barack Obama, should be called to testify before Congress on the origins of the so-called Russia investigation.
"I think it'd be a bad precedent to compel a former president to come before the Congress," Graham, a close ally of Trump, told reporters on Capitol Hill. "That would open up a can of worms and for a variety of reasons I don't think that's a good idea."
But Graham, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced on Thursday that the panel will start hearings in June on the FBI's investigation into alleged Russian election interference and Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
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