Ralph Z. Hallow, Washington Times: Sen. Lindsey Graham to Trump: Gina Haspel or nothing
You can’t help pumping your fist and mouthing “yes!” on watching Sen. Lindsey Graham spring to action again on Wednesday. You could almost hear him going after Sen. Dianne Feinstein and other Senate Democrats during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings last month.
This time, the South Carolina Republican says he’ll vote against all Trump-GOP must-dos unless the CIA briefs Mr. Graham and fellow lawmakers on who ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
Otherwise, legislators and their staffs dreaming of heading home to get ready for Christmas can forget about it.
“I’m talking about any key vote,” Mr. Graham said. “Anything that you need me for to get out of town, I ain’t doing it until we hear from the CIA.”
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WNU Editor: The CIA came out yesterday and said that they have already informed the Senate on their findings on who ordered the killing of Jamal Khashoggi (i.e. that it is Crown Prince Salman ordered the hit). So why is U.S. Senator Graham upset and threatening the White House? Why is he so focused on hearing this from the CIA Director herself? My gut tells me that there is something more at play here than what we are being told.
