White House official tells The Hill President Donald Trump backs Lindsey Graham’s Russia sanctions bill

President Donald Trump’s administration confirmed to The Hill that Trump supports a Russia sanctions bill associated with the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, as Congress weighs whether to advance the legislation after Graham’s death.

The Hill reported that the confirmation came from a White House official on Monday. The outlet said the development is tied to an effort on Capitol Hill led by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, with the goal of getting members of Congress to pass the measure in Graham’s honor.

Graham and Shaheen are both described by The Hill as involved in the push, alongside other lawmakers, in an effort to translate Graham’s prior sanctions work into near-term legislative action. The reporting did not, in the provided packet, include additional administrative details such as the timing for any executive-branch coordination or specific implementation steps contingent on passage.

Separately, the White House posted materials related to Graham following his sudden passing, including a proclamation ordering flags to be flown at half-staff as a mark of respect and a separate page reflecting on his legacy. Those postings establish the administration’s formal role in honoring Graham, but they do not in the provided evidence specify support for the Russia sanctions bill itself.

The practical stakes of sanctions legislation typically include the scope of targeted restrictions, the enforcement tools available to U.S. agencies, and the compliance burden for companies and financial institutions subject to the rules. In the current instance, the question for lawmakers is whether the Senate measure and its House counterparts can clear committee and floor votes on a schedule that matches the stated effort to pass it in Graham’s honor.

Next steps depend on the bill’s legislative path in Congress and on how the administration’s position is incorporated into negotiations over the final text. If the measure advances, the administration and lawmakers would generally need to align on which agencies implement the sanctions authorities and what compliance timelines apply, but those operational details were not included in the supplied record.