Sen. Lindsey Graham has raised the possibility of criminal charges against President Joe Biden in relation to the tragic murder of Laken Riley, a nursing student from Georgia. The alleged murderer was Jose Antonio Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela who was permitted entry into the U.S under the lax immigration policies of the Biden administration.
Graham’s comments were made during an interview with Fox News, where he expressed his disappointment and concern over Biden’s reckless handling of law enforcement and border control.
He said, “The border is beyond broken. You have wars in Ukraine. You have the Mideast on fire. When it comes to enforcing the law, Joe Biden has been beyond reckless…Laken Riley’s murderer was paroled because they had lack of capacity in El Paso.”
Graham continued, “On and on and on, all these women who have been raped and murdered have one thing in common, the people that killed them raped them, and murdered them were in our custody and let go… So Joe Biden better hope and pray there’s presidential immunity because when he allowed the killer of Laken Riley to be released on parole because of lack of capacity, I think he’s subject not only to a lawsuit but criminal prosecution if there’s not presidential immunity.”
While addressing this incident during his State of Union address earlier this year, President Biden did acknowledge that Riley’s murder was committed by an “illegal”, but outrightly refused to take responsibility for her death. In a typical display of Democrat hypocrisy, he later apologized for using the term “illegal” after facing backlash from open border activists. Instead, he suggested that “undocumented” would have been a more appropriate term.
Biden’s refusal to hold his administration accountable for their failed policies and his insistence on political correctness at the cost of American lives is a disgraceful betrayal of his duty as President.