Claims in documentary against late Senator Lindsey Graham

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A new documentary presents testimony from three men who claim that the late Republican senator Lindsey Graham paid them in exchange for sexual relations. According to Israel Hayom, the film includes testimony about intimate encounters with the senator. The claims have not been verified.

The documentary was published about three months after Graham's death. According to Ynet, one of the men claimed that Graham filmed him secretly. Graham denied over the years that he is gay, and in the Republican Party the claims were condemned. The New York Times clarified that it had not verified the identities of the interviewees or the accuracy of their accounts.

The publication comes days before the midterm elections, in which Graham's sister is running for a full term in the Senate.