--- ---  # Sen. Lindsey Graham: President Trump Could 'Go Down' For Discussing Russia Investigation by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jun 11, 2017 4:15 PM UTC  Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-NC) listens to testimony during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on May 9, 2017 in Washington, DC. Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-NC) listens to testimony during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on May 9, 2017 in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jun 11, 2017 4:15 PM UTC South Carolina Sen. [Lindsey Graham](http://time.com/4778467/lindsey-graham-trump-russia-investigation-twitter/) said on Sunday that President Trump’s inappropriate discussion of the investigation into his campaign’s potential collusion with Russia was “frustrating.” “Here’s what’s so frustrating for Republicans like me: You may the first president in history to go down because you can’t stop inappropriately talking about an investigation that, if you just were quiet, would clear you,” Graham [said](https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/873913773790298112) on CBS’s _Face the Nation_. Graham said that while he did not believe Trump was under investigation or had obstructed justice, the ongoing drama in the administration could prove harmful for the President. Graham’s comments follow[ Trump’s Sunday morning tweet](http://time.com/4813966/donald-trump-james-comey-leak-tweets/) that former FBI director James Comey was “cowardly” for [leaking one of his memos to the press](http://time.com/4813966/donald-trump-james-comey-leak-tweets/?xid=homepage) shortly after he was fired. “Can you be a street fighter on all things, all the time, and still be President of the United States?” Graham [asked](https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/873911172210229248). Trump May 'Go Down' For Discussing Russia Probe ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4814033/lindsey-graham-trump-russia-investigation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4814033/lindsey-graham-trump-russia-investigation/"},"headline":"Sen. Lindsey Graham: President Trump Could 'Go Down' For Discussing Russia Investigation","datePublished":"2017-06-11T16:15:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:05:51.291Z","description":"He said he was frustrated","url":"https://time.com/4814033/lindsey-graham-trump-russia-investigation/","keywords":["Congress","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5829ca7dfb7b963/6988d12c7cdbac8bc2d58b95/lindsey-graham-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5829ca7dfb7b963/6988d12c7cdbac8bc2d58b95/lindsey-graham-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Former Secretary Of State Madeline Albright Testifies To Senate Committee U.S. Democracy Assistance Programs Abroad","caption":"Former Secretary Of State Madeline Albright Testifies To Senate Committee U.S. Democracy Assistance Programs Abroad","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4814033/lindsey-graham-trump-russia-investigation/","name":"Sen. Lindsey Graham: President Trump Could 'Go Down' For Discussing Russia Investigation"}}]}] ```