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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
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Emma Dumain

A lawyer and a senator: Graham struggles to play both parts in Kavanaugh drama

WASHINGTON _ When Sen. Lindsey Graham was a practicing lawyer, he prosecuted rapists and defended their victims.

"I learned how much unexpected courage from a deep and hidden place it takes for a rape victim or sexually abused child to testify against their assailants," the South Carolina Republican wrote in his 2015 autobiography.

"Trying to get a scared, confused, little kid or young woman who feels the best part of her life is over to recall a memory that their every psychological impulse is trying to suppress is not something you forget," he continued. "It has stayed with me ever since."

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