Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) defended his move to investigate Joe Biden and his son, days after the former vice president said he was disappointed and angered by his old friend.

“I love Joe Biden as a person but we are not going to give a pass to what is obviously a conflict of interest,” Graham tweeted Monday, claiming Hunter Biden’s past position on the board of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy firm, “doesn’t pass the smell test.”

Though there is no evidence of wrongdoing by either of the Bidens, President Donald Trump and his allies have repeatedly leveled unsubstantiated claims of corruption against the family as the 2020 presidential campaign heats up. At the center of the allegations is Joe Biden’s push as vice president for the firing of Ukraine’s former prosecutor general, Viktor Shokin, who led a corruption probe of Burisma. Shokin’s ouster was supported by the international community, and there is no evidence that Joe Biden was attempting to do his son a favor. Additionally, in September, it was reported that Shokin’s Burisma investigation had been dormant for more than a year ahead of Joe Biden’s push for his dismissal. 

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