Sen. Mike Lee doesn’t see Trump phone call ‘as a problem’

(Rick Bowmer | AP file photo) In this Feb. 22, 2018, file photo, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaks on the Senate Floor at the Utah state Capitol in Salt Lake City. Lee says he sees no problem with President Trump's phone call to the Ukrainian president.During a Facebook Live tele-town hall Wednesday, Sen. Mike Lee said he doesn’t think a newly released, rough transcript of a phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s leader is “a problem” and argued it “certainly doesn’t serve as the basis for impeaching and removing” him.

In his comments, Lee struck a different tone from other members of Utah’s federal congressional delegation and sought to dismiss as partisan concerns over the…