Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Saturday that people should “be very suspicious” of anything former Trump attorney Michael Cohen says right now because he’s “on the hot seat” and is consequently “subject to making things up.”
WATCH:
“The one thing about Michael Cohen is I’ve never seen a lawyer behave this way in my entire life,” Graham told Maria Bartiromo Saturday morning after the Fox News host brought up Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani’s claim that the Cohen-Trump tape has been altered. “When it comes to Michael Cohen, you should be very suspicious of anything he says. He’s on the hot seat. He’s looking at going to jail, so people like him are subject to making things up.”
Graham suggested that if Cohen has something new to say he should say it under oath before Congress.
“This idea that he told Trump about the Russian meeting before it happened is to us very much new news,” Graham said. “So Mr. Cohen, if you have something new to say, you’ve got to come to Congress and say it under oath.” (RELATED: Dershowitz Explains Why Trump-Cohen Tape Couldn’t Contain Evidence Of A Crime)
“I’m tired of having President Trump tried in the media,” said the South Carolina senator. “I know what Cohen has said in the past about President Trump not knowing about this meeting. He’s on record, and if he’s got something to say don’t leak it to NBC News … And to every American, if I were you, I would be very suspicious of Michael Cohen right now.”