Senator Amy Klobuchar attempted to corner a witness on personally attacking a judge whose ruling they might disagree with, only to have it doused in cold water by a callback to her colleague Chuck Schumer’s past threats.
Klobuchar (D-MN) spoke with hearing witness Jesse Panuccio, a partner at the New York-based law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday.
“As a partner in a law firm, have you ever taken to social media to personally attack a judge who ruled against you?” she asked.
“Senator, thanks for the question,” Panuccio replied. “I think that attacking judges personally and not their reasoning …”
That’s when he offered up an example. A receipt.
“Let me just give you a quote. ‘I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price …'”
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