# What does Trump have on Lindsey Graham?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [March 31, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-have-on-lindsey-graham/981934 "2023-03-31T15:22:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-have-on-lindsey-graham/981934/27 "2023-03-31T17:41:41Z")

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70-post thread in P&E from 6-7 months ago on the very same topic:

> [@What are the odds that Lindsey Graham isn't being blackmailed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-lindsey-graham-isnt-being-blackmailed/970675):
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> Call me crazy, but I can’t think of a reasonable explanation for Graham’s blind defense of Trump other than that Trump has something on him that he’s terrified of getting out. I can’t believe an experienced JAG officer and Senate Committee chair like Graham chooses to take the foolish positions he does in defense of Trump simply because he believes them to be true–he couldn’t have gotten into, much less out of, law school holding some of the beliefs he espouses, so I think he must be being blac…

Not criticising the OP for starting this one, just providing some historical context. In that thread several theories were advanced, with “gay Kompromat” being the favorite.

Folks here now might enjoy trawling (not trolling) through that one.

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