Washington (CNN) -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South
Carolina, has some harsh words for the recently released Benghazi report, led by his own party.
"I
think the report is full of crap," Graham told Gloria Borger on CNN's
"State of the Union" on Sunday.
"I
don't believe that the report is accurate, given the role that Mike Morell
(deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency at the time) played in
misleading the Congress on two different occasions. Why didn't the report say
that?"
The
investigative report Graham is referring to was released Friday by House
Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Michigan, and Ranking Member
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Maryland.
The
report finds little to support the questions that have been raised about CIA
actions on the ground in Benghazi the night of the deadly attack on September 11, 2012.
Graham,
who has maintained a critical voice in the Benghazi controversy over the past
two years, says it's "garbage" that the report finds no members of
the Obama administration lied to cover up what happened in Benghazi.
"That's
a bunch of garbage," Graham said. "That's a complete bunch of
garbage."
The
investigation also found the security at the diplomatic outpost was weak and
also described a "flawed" process used to create talking points for
House members and for then-U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, whose public statements
after the attack incensed critics who said the administration was trying to
avoid calling the attack terrorism.
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