Sen. Lindsey Graham's phone and electronic equipment have been seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigations as part of what the South Carolina senator claims is a routine hacking investigation.
According to Graham, who has advocated for the United States to escalate both the Middle East crisis and the Russia-Ukraine war into full-scale global conflicts, he received a fraudulent message on his phone and was then forced to turn over his electronic devices to the FBI.
"So I get a message, I think, from Schumer. It's not from Schumer," Graham, a South Carolina Republican, said Wednesday at the Hill and Valley Forum. "And the next thing I know, my phone is ... Apparently, anything you can create can be hacked."
Taylor Reidy, a spokesman for Graham, said the alleged hack is now under investigation by the FBI.
"The Sergeant at Arms is investigating a possible hack of Sen. Graham's phone," Reidy said.
A Democratic aide said Graham should have been immediately suspicious of any text message purportedly from Schumer, because the Democratic leader is known for using an old-school LG flip phone - a relic from the 1990s, before texting caught on.
"Chuck Schumer doesn't text you from his flip phone," the source said. "If you get a text from Schumer, it's probably not real."
The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the investigation into Graham's electronic devices.
One thing we know for sure is that anything Lindsey Graham says is not the truth.
