Judicial Vetting to Move Ahead Despite Virus Threat, Graham Says

The Senate Judiciary Committee will continue working on nominations despite new restrictions imposed at the Capitol over coronavirus concerns, the panel’s chairman, Lindsey Graham, told Bloomberg Law.

“It’s just going to be more difficult,” the South Carolina Republican said Thursday in a brief interview after a committee meeting. “Hopefully we can continue. The government’s got to run.”

Graham didn’t directly address a question about whether President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, most now for district courts around the country, would still travel to Washington for confirmation hearings. But he said that that he’d continue to do his job.

“I’m going to ...