Russia Issues Arrest Warrant For GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham Over Ukraine Comments

The Donald Trump ally described U.S. military assistance to Ukraine as “the best money we’ve ever spent.”
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Interior Ministry on Monday issued an arrest warrant for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham following his comments related to the fighting in Ukraine.

In an edited video of his meeting on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that was released by Zelenskyy’s office, Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, noted that “the Russians are dying” and described the U.S. military assistance to the country as “the best money we’ve ever spent.”

While Graham appeared to have made the remarks in different parts of the conversation, the short video by Ukraine’s presidential office put them next to each other, causing outrage in Russia.

Russia’s Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant for Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham following his comments related to the fighting in Ukraine.
Russia’s Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant for Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham following his comments related to the fighting in Ukraine.
via Associated Press

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented Sunday by saying that “it’s hard to imagine a greater shame for the country than having such senators.”

The Investigative Committee, the country’s top criminal investigation agency, has moved to open a criminal inquiry against Graham, and the Interior Ministry followed up by issuing a warrant for his arrest as indicated Monday by its official record of wanted criminal suspects.

Graham, responding on Twitter on Monday, said he would “wear the arrest warrant” as a badge of honor, adding that to know he’d drawn the ire of Putin’s regime “brings me immense joy.”

The Donald Trump ally also made an offer to his Russian “friends.”

“I will submit to jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court if you do,” he wrote. “Come and make your best case. See you in The Hague!”

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