This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2025 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by <a href="https://www.factset.com/" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_factset">Factset</a>. Powered and implemented by <a href="https://www.factset.com/solutions/business-needs/digital-solutions" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_factset_digital_solutions">FactSet Digital Solutions</a>. <a href="https://www.factset.com/privacy" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_factset_privacy">Legal Statement</a>. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by <a href="https://lipperalpha.refinitiv.com/" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_refinitive_info">Refinitiv Lipper</a>. <br>Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., weighs in on the Republican Party's priorities for reconciliation and stresses the importance of securing the border.<br>Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., had a tense interaction on Sunday during a live interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS' "Face the Nation."<br>Graham told Brennan he was "ready" to vote to confirm Kash Patel, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President-elect Donald Trump's</a> pick for FBI director, and believes Patel's confirmation hearing "will expose him to be a very qualified man of the law."<br>The remarks came after Brennan quoted former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr's memoir about Patel.<br>"Patel had virtually no experience that would qualify him to serve at the highest level of the world's preeminent <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law enforcement agency,"</a> Barr wrote in his 2022 memoir. <br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/inauguration-day-tomorrow-heres-complete-guide-fox-news-channels-coverage-what-expect" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>INAUGURATION DAY IS TOMORROW – HERE’S A COMPLETE GUIDE TO FOX NEWS CHANNEL’S COVERAGE AND WHAT TO EXPECT</u></strong></a><br><span>Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr is seen during a news conference on Dec. 21, 2020. CBS' "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan quoted Barr's 2022 memoir while speaking with Sen. Lindsey Graham on Jan. 19, 2025.</span> <span>(Michael Reynolds-Pool)</span><br>Graham said Barr was wrong when he wrote it, and wrong now about Patel. He said he takes his advice on the nominee from former Rep. Trey Gowdy, who worked with Patel.<br>"Kash was a public defender, he was a prosecutor, he worked with Trey Gowdy about the Russia hoax," <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/lindsey-graham" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Graham said.</a> "So I do think he has the experience. He has the trust of the president." <br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-sworn-bible-given-him-his-mother-lincoln-bible" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>TRUMP TO BE SWORN IN ON BIBLE GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS MOTHER, AND THE LINCOLN BIBLE</strong></a><br><span>President-elect Donald Trump has named longtime ally Kashyap "Kash" Patel, who has been a frequent and harsh critic of the FBI, to serve as the bureau's next director in the new administration.</span> <span>(Reuters)</span><br>"I'm ready to vote for him because I know him too. See [you] never asked about the Russia hoax that he exposed," Graham continued. "People on the right believe that he was part of the solution, not the problem."<br>Graham then began to talk about this situation in the Middle East and its relation to the "world stage."<br>"You took me all the way to Israel from Kash Patel," Brennan said. <br><span>Donald Trump shakes hands with Sen. Lindsey Graham following a meeting with Senate Republicans at the National Republican Senatorial Committee office in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 13, 2024.</span> <span>(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)</span><br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</u></strong></a><br>"You shouldn't worry about Kash Patel," Graham responded when Brennan asked about Patel "going after journalists." <br>"You should worry about reporting the news fairly, which you don't do when it comes to everything Trump," Graham concluded.<br>The CBS host then reminded Graham he is a guest on the show because "we wanted to hear you out," before cutting to a commercial break.<br>Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.<br>By entering your email and clicking the Subscribe button, you agree to the Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/terms-of-use">Terms of Use</a>, and agree to receive content and promotional communications from Fox News. 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