US senator: Launch probe of inappropriate Trump campaign, Russia contacts
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Source: Reuters
15 FEB 2017 AT 11:03 ET
Congress should launch a bipartisan investigation if there were any inappropriate contacts between President Donald Trumps campaign and Russian officials, fellow Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham told Fox News on Wednesday.
If there were contacts between Russian officials and Trump campaign operatives that was inappropriate, then it would be time for the Congress to form a joint select commission to get to the bottom of all things Russia and Trump, Graham said. The New York Times has reported that members of Trumps presidential campaign had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials before the election.
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Graham: If Trump Camp Talked With Russia, We Need A Select Committee
By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published FEBRUARY 15, 2017, 12:49 PM EDT
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Wednesday said that if there is truth to reports that aides for President Donald Trump's campaign were in contact with Russian officials ahead of the election, Congress should form a special committee to carry out an investigation.
"If in fact there are campaign contacts between Trump officials and Russian intelligence officers that would be a very serious event and would justify the Senate forming a Select Committee to look at all things related to Russia," Graham said in a statement. "The Russians have been trying to break the backbone of democracies all over the world, and clearly in my view, interfered in the 2016 election."
Cautioning that he doesn't "believe it is appropriate for Congress to act based on a newspaper article," Graham said it's nevertheless that body's duty to "perform oversight regarding any potential campaign contacts between Trump officials and Russian intelligence officials."
"If they do exist, the contacts may have a logical explanation, but we will never know until Congress spends the time to investigate this matter," he said.
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who seems to think it makes no sense for Republicans to investigate Republicans. 
