DISINFO: Lindsey Graham and other US Congressmen used Ukraine to enrich themselves
SUMMARY
A group of US lawmakers has been using Ukraine to enrich themselves. About 23 members of the US Congress, including Senator Lindsey Graham, helped themselves to the money coming from Ukraine. We're not talking a few thousand dollars, but much more.
RESPONSE
No evidence is provided to support the claim. The timing of this and other disinformation stories targeting US Senator Lindsey Graham suggests that it is a direct reaction to Mr. Graham’s initiative to pass a bill introducing further massive sanctions on Russia, with the goal of discrediting him.
Allegations made exclusively by well-known Kremlin-aligned elements, as in this case, cannot be considered as evidence, given their proven history of making baseless claims based on faked or non-existent proof, for example about US biolaboratories in Ukraine or the presence of French combat troops on the Ukrainian frontlines.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives involving Lindsey Graham and Ukraine, such as claims that the USA wants Ukraine to “fight to the last Ukrainian”, that the West is fighting in Ukraine to get its minerals, or that the West admits fear of losing Ukraine’s minerals to Russia.