Senator Lindsey Graham tells ABC Columbia ‘I am not in the mix’ for Candidate for Attorney General

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COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham’s name has been floating as a possible candidate for the Attorney General position, after Jeff Sessions resignation but Graham tells ABC Columbia that he’s not considering taking the position.

“To the people of South Carolina, I am honored to be your senator, I am going nowhere,” Graham said.
” I’m not in the mix, I’ve never been in the mix. I like the job I’ve got. Trey Gowdy he’s in the mix.”

On Thursday Graham accompanied President Trump at Brett Kavanaugh’s investiture ceremony. Graham says they talked about how to move forward with a divided government.

“The Democrats have a pretty small majority in the house,” Graham said. “We’ve grown our numbers in the Senate as Republicans. That means more judges are coming because we are still in charge.”

Graham was once openly critical about President Trump firing Sessions.

“If Jeff Sessions is fired, there will be holy hell to pay,” Graham said in June of 2017.

However a day after Sessions officially resigned Graham has changed his tune.

“In July of 2017 when the investigation first started I thought it’d be a bad idea to do anything,” Graham said. “Now it’s almost done. President deserves the right to pick a new attorney general like every other President.”

Sessions temporary replacement, Matthew Whitaker, has been openly critical of the Mueller investigation, but CNN reports Mueller has no plans of recusing himself. This while Protect Mueller protest take place in cities across the U.S. including in the Midlands.

“If you’re worried about the Mueller investigation, don’t worry,” Graham said. “It will continue to go forward. I see no evidence of collusion. We will hear from Mr.Mueller, I think pretty soon.”