On NBC’s Meet the Press, moderator/propagandist Kristen Welker got way more than she bargained for when she attempted to ask frequent guest Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) about the indictments of James Comey and Letitia James. She tried to frame these as somehow unprecedented and got absolutely roasted for her efforts.
Watch the exchange as aired on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, October 12th, 2025:
NBC's Kristen Welker tried to cast the indictments of James Comey and Letitia James as unprecedented and got COOKED for it. Plus: she literally said, "WHAT ABOUT TRUMP?" pic.twitter.com/xMVrqSsM0z
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KRISTEN WELKER: Let me finally ask you about these indictments that we have seen, the indictment, again, Letitia James and James Comey as well. NBC News, again, has confirmed that that post that President Trump put on Truth Social was actually meant to be a private message to Pam Bondi. Do you think it's appropriate for the president to direct his attorney general to indict whoever he says?
LINDSEY GRAHAM: Well, I think it's appropriate for Comey to answer for his conduct. Five years ago at a hearing we had in 2021, I asked him why didn't you tell the court about exculpatory information where the CIA gave a memo to Strzok and Comey saying there was Intel that Hillary Clinton's campaign was creating the false narrative that Russia and Trump were working together. The man who created the Steele Dossier recounted it in February and Comey kept using the document to get warrants.
WELKER: Senator, but --
GRAHAM: Yeah, I think -- I think the grand jury is doing the right thing and Trump got indicted 91 times, three days after he announced for president on February 15th, 2022.
WELKER: But, Senator I’m asking--
GRAHAM: He got 91 indictments in four jurisdictions.
WELKER: But Senator, I'm asking about right now and this sitting president's actions right now. It's worth noting that James Comey and Letitia-
GRAHAM: Well, the grand jury indicted them, not- yeah, yeah, yeah. But- grand jury indicted.
WELKER: James Comey and Letitia James had said that they are-- both said that they are innocent of these crimes that they have been accused of, but, senator --
GRAHAM: Good. They will have the chance to prove it.
WELKER: To the appearance, though, Senator, the fact that President Trump publicly called for his attorney general to indict people, do you think that crosses a line between the Justice Department being independent from the executive branch?
GRAHAM: I think our Justice Department in the hands of Biden crossed every line there is to cross. I think within three days of announcing he was going to run for president in 2024, he did that in 2022 --
WELKER: But what about Trump? Senator, but what about Trump? What about--
GRAHAM: Now, I think the grand jury is going to take care of this. But you didn't care any about this, you didn't care that Letitia James made up charges that no one has ever faced, and Alvin Bragg made up charges no one has ever faced --
WELKER: But, Senator, Biden never publicly called for trump to be indicted.
GRAHAM: He had ninety- Biden- regretted that they didn't do it before the election. Jack Smith surveilled my phone records and eight other senators. Jack Smith introduced his brief against Trump October the 24th before the 2024 election, violating every protocol, just to politicize the election. So this may bother you that people are being held accountable. It doesn't bother me one damn bit.
WELKER: And you are referencing the fact that the FBI obtained what has been referred to as basic information, date, time, length of calls. Senator, we covered a lot--
GRAHAM: Two weeks before the election. Thank you.
WELKER: Senator, we covered a lot of ground, as we always do. Thank you for being here. Really appreciate it.
GRAHAM: Thank you.
Welker tries to lay a predicate for retribution or weaponization from the outset. Graham counters her with an instance of Comey withholding exculpatory information in order to secure warrants pursuant to Crossfire Hurricane. But Welker isn’t interested in that particular instance of weaponization.
Welker takes another shot at establishing weaponization, this time with regard to Letitia James, and got an absolute earful. Graham proceeds to make the case that the previous Democrat administrations were far more authoritarian in scope and deed. Of Biden’s DoJ, he recounts the specifics of Jack Smith’s excesses.
So flustered is Welker that she literally shouts, “What about Trump?”
The interview closes with Welker dismissing Graham’s recount of having his phone tapped by Jack Smith as only certain data. We are starkly reminded that we are in fact not entering into an authoritarian era but EXITING one. And the legacy media was fully in service of that era as its regime media.
