The 66-year-old senator is known for being chatty with reporters around the Capitol, frequently stopping to talk on camera or letting reporters trail him from the Capitol to his office in the Russell Senate Office Building. It’s a U-turn from Graham’s normal persona.

Graham’s reluctance to talk about Jackson comes after he brushed off reporters as he entered and exited the Capitol on Monday night who asked about the matter. Pressed on what he wanted to ask Jackson during the hearing, he replied with a laugh, “that would fall in the category of talking about it.” “Just stay tuned for the hearing and I’ll tell you how I vote when I vote,” Graham said.Īsked about the specifics of what they discussed, Graham said he wasn’t going to talk about the meeting. Graham largely declined to comment, telling reporters that it was a “good meeting” and describing Jackson as a “nice person.” Susan Collins (R-Maine), a potential swing vote. The in-person meeting is significantly shorter than others Jackson has had with GOP members of the Judiciary Committee or her meeting with Sen. Graham held a brief meeting with Jackson in his Senate office, with the appeals court judge departing roughly 15 minutes after the sit-down started. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has been increasingly - and uncharacteristically - tight-lipped over Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, with whom he met on Tuesday.

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