South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham appeared to diverge from ally President Donald Trump regarding a reported informant the FBI used to investigate suspicious ties between Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia.
Trump has railed against the FBI after the operation was revealed. The informant spoke with Trump advisers only after there had been links to Russia deemed suspicious, according to The New York Times.
Borrowing a term from an NFL controversy over cheating allegations made against the New England Patriots, Trump has called the affair “spygate” and referred to the informant as a “spy.