Senator Graham: Rushing to Impeach Trump Lacks Due Process, Will Further Divide the Country
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Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said in a statement on Wednesday that the process of impeaching President Donald Trump a week before he leaves office lacks due process and will further divide the nation. “The process being used in the House to impeach President Trump is an affront to any concept of due process and will further divide the country,” he wrote on Twitter. “The House impeachment process seeks to legitimize a snap impeachment totally void of due process,” he added. “No hearings. No witnesses. It is a rushed process that, over time, will become a threat to future presidents.” Graham’s comments came as the House debated an article of impeachment charging Trump with “incitement of insurrection.” Democrats and some GOP leaders claimed the president incited the attack through his speech earlier Jan. 6. Trump made a speech to protesters near the Capitol. He told the crowd beforehand that their protest shows “the kind …