Sen. Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin GrahamGOP senators say coronavirus deal dead until after election Tucker Carlson accuses Lindsey Graham of convincing Trump to talk to Woodward Trump courts Florida voters with moratorium on offshore drilling MORE (R-S.C.) on Wednesday said Americans shouldn't be "duped" by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

"I don't believe any American should give a whole lot of credibility to anything Julian Assange says. No American should be duped by him," Graham tweeted Wednesday.

"Assange has a record of undermining the United States. He's no friend to America or democracy," the South Carolina Republican said in a subsequent tweet.

I don't believe any American should give a whole lot of credibility to anything Julian Assange says. No American should be duped by him.

Assange has a record of undermining the United States. He's no friend to America or democracy.

President-elect Donald Trump Donald John TrumpTrump says he doesn't think he could've done more to stop virus spread Conservative activist Lauren Witzke wins GOP Senate primary in Delaware Trump defends claim coronavirus will disappear, citing 'herd mentality' MORE earlier Wednesday appeared to side with Assange over the intelligence community regarding Russia's meddling in the U.S. election.

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"Julian Assange said 'a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta' - why was DNC so careless? Also said Russians did not give him the info!" Trump tweeted, referencing WikiLeaks' publication of private documents from the Democratic National Committee last summer.

Graham on Wednesday told CNN that Trump's comments on Assange were "disturbing."

"I hope the president-elect will get his information and trust the American patriots who work in the intelligence community who swear oath and allegiance to the Constitution," Graham said. "And not some guy hiding form the law who has a record undercutting and undermining American democracy."

He said he hopes that after Trump gets an intelligence briefing on the issue, he will come to the conclusion that Russia intervened in the presidential election and will ignore Assange.

"Not only should he ignore Julian Assange, he should condemn him for what he's done to our country," Graham said.

"Putting our soldiers at risk. Putting our foreign policy at risk. Julian Assange is no friend of America and he's no friend of democracy."

Asked whether he thinks Trump has been "duped" by Assange, Graham said he didn't know.

"All I can tell you is I hope he listens to the intelligence briefing. I'm sure he will. All 17 intelligence agencies have come to the same conclusion," Graham said.

"You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out what the Russians are up to. They're trying to break the backbone of democracies throughout the entire world."

Graham also said Assange has no credibility.

"Mr. Assange is a fugitive from the law hiding in an embassy, who has a history of undermining American interest," Graham said.

"Look at his record in terms of how he treats our country and he seems not to be concerned at all about Russia, Iran or North Korea."