Graham walks out of Jackson’s hearing after rant over indefinite detention at Gitmo

Published March 22, 2022 4:30pm ET



With Coca-Cola in hand, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham had enough of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday.

The Republican committee member walked out of high court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson‘s hearing Tuesday morning after asking her about her past work on behalf of several detainees at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and people who challenged former President George Bush’s terrorism detainee policies.

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