Sen. Lindsey Graham complained that the media are turning a blind eye to “legitimate” concerns about Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine.
“I just think the media’s so in the tank over this issue, it makes me sick to my stomach,” the South Carolina Republican said Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation. “I don’t think you take it seriously.”
Graham, an ally of President Trump, was asked about his pledge to continue investigations into the Bidens, something Trump sought and was impeached for by the House last year.
“I do want to say, though, that to this point, nothing has been in any way substantiated in regard to corruption when it comes to Joe Biden himself,” host Margaret Brennan said. “His son served on the board and was paid for it.”
Graham cautioned anyone seeking information on the Bidens, including Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Guliani, to be careful with any information coming out of Ukraine as it could be Russian propaganda.
“Rudy says he’s got ‘the goods.’ All I can tell Rudy and anybody else, if you got some information connected to the Ukraine against anybody, go to the Intel Committee, not me,” he said, earlier having stated, “Democrats are being played, and I’m not going to be played.”
Hunter Biden made $50,000 a month while sitting on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian gas company, while his father was still vice president. Trump, during a July 2019 phone call, asked the president of Ukraine to open investigations into the Bidens and was later impeached for abusing his power and obstructing Congress. He was acquitted by the Senate on Wednesday.
