“I have lost tons of sleep thinking he may get away with what he did,” South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham said. “Impeachment is not about punishment. Impeachment is about cleansing the office. Impeachment is about restoring honor and integrity to the office.” The “he” who vexed Senator Graham’s sleep was not Donald Trump. It was Bill Clinton. And Graham worked to make sure President Clinton would not get away with lying under oath about his.
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“I have lost tons of sleep thinking he may get away with what he did,” South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham said. “Impeachment is not about punishment. Impeachment is about cleansing the office. Impeachment is about restoring honor and integrity to the office.”
The “he” who vexed Senator Graham’s sleep was not Donald Trump. It was Bill Clinton. And Graham worked to make sure President Clinton would not get away with lying under oath about his little affair, voting, in 1999, to convict the president and remove him from office.