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Lindsey Graham shoots down Trump's call for Obama to testify
https://www.axios.com/lindsey-graham-trump-obama-testify-flynn-f0b4f089-c422-4e62-980e-38eaf431c175.htmlLindsey Graham shoots down Trump's call for Obama to testify
Fadel Allassan
Senate Judiciary Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) responded to President Trump's tweet calling for Graham to compel former President Obama to testify before Congress about the Russia investigation, telling Politico: “I don’t think now’s the time for me to do that. I don’t know if that’s even possible.”
What's happening: Trump has tweeted hundreds of times about "Obamagate" — the baseless claim that the Russia investigation was a political hit job ordered by Obama — following the Justice Department's decision to drop its case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Trump tweeted on Thursday: "If I were a Senator or Congressman, the first person I would call to testify about the biggest political crime and scandal in the history of the USA, by FAR, is former President Obama. He knew EVERYTHING. Do it @LindseyGrahamSC, just do it. No more Mr. Nice Guy. No more talk!"
Graham told Politico: “I understand President Trump’s frustration, but be careful what you wish for.”
Graham told Politico: “I understand President Trump’s frustration, but be careful what you wish for.”
Between the lines: Trump's own Department of Justice published an opinion last year — following its decision to block former White House counsel Don McGahn from complying with a subpoena — that argued that former presidents can't be forced to testify before Congress.
"The Supreme Court has explicitly recognized this principle in the context of executive privilege," the department argued.
"The privilege must outlast the tenure of a particular President because, absent a guarantee of lasting confidentiality, “a President could not expect to receive the full and frank submissions of facts and opinions upon which effective discharge of his duties depends.”"
"The privilege must outlast the tenure of a particular President because, absent a guarantee of lasting confidentiality, “a President could not expect to receive the full and frank submissions of facts and opinions upon which effective discharge of his duties depends.”"
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That can be arranged, President Lysol Von Syphilis. 
