Trump ally calls for more sanctions on Moscow

Bloomberg

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of Donald Trump, called for more sanctions on Russia and criticised presidential adviser Jared Kushner’s statements downplaying the significance of that country’s interference in the 2016 election.
“I like Jared a lot, but he’s leaving out a big detail,”
Graham said on CBS, noting that Russia hacked into the emails of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign. “Can you imagine what we would be saying if the Russians hacked into the presidential team of the Republican Party?”
Kushner, who is Trump’s son-in-law, characterised the Russians’ actions at an event as trying to “buy some Facebook ads to sow discontent.”
He said that the investigations that followed had “had a much harsher impact” on US democracy. “No, this is a big deal. It’s not just a few Facebook ads,” Graham said on CBS.
Trump previously has questioned the extent of Russia’s role in election interference, and Graham said he has told Trump that “everything we’ve done with the Russians is
not working” because “the
Russians are up to it again.”