{"id":1645739,"date":"2022-09-18T06:41:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T10:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1645739"},"modified":"2022-09-18T06:52:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T10:52:17","slug":"book-claims-lindsey-graham-called-trump-a-liar-during-ukraine-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/book-claims-lindsey-graham-called-trump-a-liar-during-ukraine-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Claims Lindsey Graham Called Trump a Liar During Ukraine Impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbook-claims-lindsey-graham-called-trump-a-liar-during-ukraine-impeachment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1645739&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">S<\/span>en. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lindsey-graham\">Lindsey Graham<\/a> (R-SC) once referred to former President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> as a &#8220;lying motherf***er&#8221; during the Ukraine impeachment scandal, according to an excerpt from a new book. <\/p>\n<p>During a meeting with the authors of <i>The Divider: Trump in the White House 2017-2021, <\/i>Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, around the time of Trump&#8217;s first impeachment trial, the senator reportedly declared that it would be insane for Democrats to impeach Trump over allegations that he extorted the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/cnns-cuomo-democrats-are-wrong-to-use-the-word-extortion-in-trump-ukraine-dealings\">president of Ukraine<\/a> in a phone call in July 2019, but was not blind to his misgivings. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a lying motherf***er,\u201d Graham reportedly said, before noting that Trump would not lose the support of the Republican Party. \u201cHe could kill fifty people on our side and it wouldn\u2019t matter.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/melania-trump-believed-husband-screwing-up-covid-response\">MELANIA TRUMP BELIEVED HER HUSBAND WAS &#8216;SCREWING UP&#8217; ON COVID-19 RESPONSE: BOOK<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><source data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n                From left to right: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Donald Trump.<br \/>\n               <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">\n                (AP Photos)\n               <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The meeting occurred less than 48 hours after House Speaker <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-pelosi\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> announced the impeachment inquiry into the extortion allegations, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/lindsey-graham-trump-ukraine-the-divider-b2168868.html\">according<\/a> to the <i>Independent<\/i>. Although he was impeached by the House of Representatives in 2020 for the Ukraine call, Trump was acquitted by the Senate. <\/p>\n<p>The comments follow a rocky relationship between the two Republican leaders. Despite renouncing his relationship with the former president following the storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, Graham has voiced support for Trump as the likely 2024 GOP candidate for president. <\/p>\n<p>Graham also <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/lindsey-graham-riots-donald-trump-prosecution-fbi-doj\">warned<\/a> that there would be &#8220;riots in the street&#8221; if Trump was prosecuted for his handling of classified documents seized during the FBI raid of Trump&#8217;s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/doj-appeals-pause-criminal-investigation-mar-a-lago-documents\">Mar-a-Lago resort<\/a> last month. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The book additionally claimed that Trump was paranoid that there would be an assassination attempt on him in retaliation for the killing of Iranian Gen. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/qasem-soleimani\">Qassem Soleimani,<\/a> who was killed by U.S. forces. Former first lady Melania Trump told her husband that he was &#8220;blowing&#8221; the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the book also claimed. <\/p>\n<p>The book will be <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Divider-Trump-White-House-2017-2021\/dp\/038554653X\">released<\/a> this coming Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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