Former Air Force lawyer Lindsey Graham: 'I don't know' whether Trump had right to keep top-secret documents

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who for years served as an attorney for the United States Air Force, feigned ignorance about the law on Tuesday when asked about former President Donald Trump's claims about his right to keep top-secret government documents.

While talking with CNN reporter Manu Raju on Capitol Hill, Graham was asked if he believed Trump could have saved himself trouble if he'd just complied with a subpoena to return all of the documents he had stashed at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

"Most politicians get in trouble by self-inflicted wounds," Graham replied, according to Raju. "Yeah I mean he believes he had the right to possess these under the Presidential Records Act. I don't know whether that's accurate or not."

In fact, it is demonstrably not accurate.

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The Presidential Records Act plainly states that "the United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records" and makes no exceptions that involve potentially stashing nuclear secrets in a luxury bathroom.

Trump is due in court on Tuesday afternoon to face 37 federal criminal charges, including obstruction of justice and unlawful retention of defense information.