Graham encourages Donald Trump Jr. to plead the 5th

Source: The Hill | May 13, 2019 | Justin Wise

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday that President Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. should comply with a Senate Intelligence Committee subpoena but refuse to answer the panel’s questions.

“You just show up and plead the Fifth and it’s over with,” Graham told reporters, referring to the amendment that protects citizens from self-incrimination, according to The Washington Post

He added that Trump Jr.’s lawyer would “have to be an idiot” to allow him to testify before the committee again. 

Graham had said a day earlier on Fox News that Trump Jr. should simply ignore the summons.

The comments from the senator came less than a week after the GOP-led Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenaed Trump Jr. to testify about his communication with Russian officials.

Reuters reported that the senators on the panel want to question him about testimony he gave to the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2017 as part of its probe into Russia’s interference.

According to a transcript released by the committee, Trump Jr. said he was “peripherally aware” of plans to expand his father’s businesses into Russia. But Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen testified before Congress in February that Trump Jr. was far more involved than that in talks to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.

Cohen said that he briefed Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, the president’s eldest daughter, about 10 times about the project. 

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