Lindsey Graham led GOP intervention at Trump dinner on emergency declaration

By Diana Stancy Correll

Published March 14, 2019 6:30pm ET

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Lindsey Graham led GOP intervention at Trump dinner on emergency declaration — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, speaks to reporters after a closed-door security briefing by CIA Director Gina Haspel on the slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and involvement of the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. Graham said there is "zero chance" the crown prince wasn't involved in Khashoggi's death. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Three GOP senators reportedly made a trip Wednesday evening to the White House to urge President Trump to negotiate with Republicans who dislike his national emergency declaration to redirect billions of dollars to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Ted Cruz of Texas, and Ben Sasse of Nebraska show up in the middle of the president’s dinner with first lady Melania Trump to come up with some sort of deal.

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