by WILL FOLKS
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A day after a nonprofit media outlet linked him to a sprawling federal bribery investigation – one controversially shut down by the administration of Donald Trump – the hits kept coming for the legacy of the late U.S. senator Lindsey Graham.
The South Carolina politician – who died suddenly three months ago – was accused in a new documentary by three men of paying them for sex, including one male escort who claimed to be underage at the time of the encounter. Not only that, Graham was accused of recording some of these alleged encounters.
The documentary – ‘Closetocracy‘ – was released on Thursday morning (October 22, 2026), just twelve days before Graham’s sister-successor, Darline Graham Nordone, faces South Carolina voters in a surprisingly competitive race for one of the Palmetto State’s U.S. Senate seats.
“This documentary was one year in the making,” its producers noted, inviting viewers to a visit a landing page containing documentation of the claims made therein.
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BREAKING: Three male escorts say the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham paid them for sex. One of them was reportedly 17 at the time. Below is our full documentary on their stories: https://t.co/pd3DfzgPfc
— Swamp Watch (@Swamp__Watch) October 22, 2026
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In the documentary, the three men expounded in specific (often lurid) detail on their encounters with Graham – including where and when they met him, how much they were paid, Graham’s affinity for alternating from dominant to submissive roles, specific sex acts they performed with him and whether he was recording their illicit liaisons.
One even described seeing Graham’s testicles, which he likened to “a pine cone that hadn’t blossomed yet.”
Such graphic allegations against Graham are nothing new – at least not as it relates to their nature. Rumors regarding the Seneca, S.C. native’s sexuality persisted throughout his decades in public life, with him steadfastly denying them at every turn.
“I know it’s really gonna upset a lot of gay men – I’m sure hundreds of ’em are gonna be jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge – but I ain’t available,” Graham famously told The New York Times Magazine in 2010. “I ain’t gay. Sorry.”
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In 2018, liberal comedienne Chelsea Handler publicly accused Graham of being a homosexual on national “coming out” day.
“She can say what she wants to say, I don’t care,” Graham responded. “She knows zero about me. I’m not gay.”
But did Graham – often derisively referred to as “Lady G” by his more uncouth detractors – protest too much?
In early August – just weeks after his death – Taylor Snider, a former sex worker and transgender woman, gave an interview in which she claimed the powerful neoconservative politician was one of her former clients. In addition to providing extensive documentation regarding their encounter – including text messages allegedly exchanged with Graham – Snider made another shocking claim. She suggested someone acting on Graham’s behalf called her in 2020 – amid another contentious political race – and “threatened her to prevent her from going public.”
“If you move forward with your story, watch your back,” an anonymous caller allegedly told Snider as she was preparing to move forward with her claims against Graham.
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Among those claims was Snider’s account that she “topped Graham down” during their encounter, meaning she engaged in penetrative anal sex on him.
“I topped Lindsey Graham down, and I’m sorry if that sounds vulgar,” she said. “But… it just is what it is.”
Ironically, U.S. president Donald Trump has referred to Graham’s 2026 Democrat opponent Annie Andrews as “Tranny Annie” – slamming her for supporting the very transsexuals with whom his favorite U.S. senator was allegedly having all kinds of kinky sex.
Trump reiterated this line of attack against Andrews during a rally held in Pendleton, S.C. on behalf of Graham’s sister just this week.
While FITSNews has been brutally critical of Graham over the years – slamming his reckless foreign policy, his irresponsible fiscal profligacy and his left-of-center views on immigration – we never made a big deal of his rumored sexual proclivities.
“This news outlet does not care about Graham’s sexual orientation,” we opined six years ago. “In fact, the sooner we can stop contemplating whatever might turn (him) on… the better.”
With Trump continuing to drag Andrews on the transsexual issue, though, those seeking to expound upon this secretive, sordid side of his legacy certainly seem entitled to take their best shot. And this latest documentary may just the thing that finally pushes that narrative into the limelight… at the worst possible time for Graham’s sister.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR…
Will Folks is the founding editor of the news outlet you are currently reading. Prior to founding FITSNews, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and eight children.
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