Lindsey Graham Guest-Hosts Verdict Flashback
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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4.8 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
1. Tribute to Lindsey Graham
- U.S. Senator 23 years in the Senate
- A veteran with 33 years of Air Force service
- An influential figure in Republican politics
- A close friend and ally of Ted Cruz
2. Trump's First Impeachment Trial
- Debate over whether additional witnesses, particularly former National Security Adviser John Bolton, should be called.
- Efforts by Republican senators to prevent the trial from expanding into a lengthy investigation.
- Arguments that the House impeachment process was rushed and lacked due process.
- Discussion of a Senate vote that ultimately rejected calling additional witnesses.
3. Senate Strategy and Politics
Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham explain behind-the-scenes efforts to persuade key Republican senators, especially:
- Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
- Lamar Alexander (Tennessee)
4. Constitutional Issues
- Executive privilege
- Separation of powers
- The Supreme Court and Chief Justice John Roberts
5. Criticism of Democrats
- House impeachment managers such as Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler
- Senator Elizabeth Warren
- The Democratic Party's impeachment strategy
6. Hunter Biden and Ukraine
- Hunter Biden's work with Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company
- Questions about conflicts of interest involving the Biden family
- Calls for further investigation into those matters
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.7 | Welcome to a very special episode of verdict to his Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson, with you. |
| 0:11.6 | And as we promise, Senator, as we talked about your dear friend, Lindsey Graham, and his passing, |
| 0:17.3 | we said we were going to put out that original episode with the senator that he was the very, very first guest of verdict. |
| 0:24.3 | And that is going to be this show. |
| 0:27.2 | Well, Lindsey Graham, the Senate lost Lindsay this weekend. |
| 0:31.5 | The world lost Lindsay this weekend. |
| 0:33.8 | He was one of a kind. |
| 0:34.8 | He had an extraordinary life and legacy serving our nation, 23 years in the Senate, 33 years in the Air Force. |
| 0:42.5 | He made a profound difference, and he was also, he was the very first guest on verdict right when this show launched. |
| 0:50.9 | And he came in and joined us right when the show was started. It started |
| 0:55.8 | on the first day of the very first Trump impeachment. This episode is in the middle of the |
| 1:00.3 | impeachment and Lindsay came from the Senate floor leaving about midnight to go to the studio to |
| 1:06.4 | record. It was a classic and priceless episode. In fact, he starts off by saying, what is a podcast? |
| 1:17.4 | And we actually talked for years about selling t-shirts, verdict with Ted Cruz, and on the back, |
| 1:24.9 | what is a podcast, Lindsay Graham? It was, he was one of a kind. I am |
| 1:32.5 | grieving and miss my friend, every member of the Senate, misses Lindsey Graham. And give a listen to |
| 1:39.5 | this podcast, watch this podcast to remember why he was such an extraordinary senator and such an extraordinary human being. |
| 1:49.4 | Hello, I'm Senator Lindsey Graham. |
| 1:51.2 | Welcome to Verdict with Ted Cruz, the number one podcast in the entire country. |
| 1:56.3 | What is a podcast? |
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