“I don’t understand the context of the question.”Īs Graham continued to grill Jackson on the Kavanaugh hearings, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) told the Republican lawmaker that his time was up. “Senator, I’m not sure,” a confused Jackson responded. Durbin just before this hearing’s over and not allow you to comment on the accusation? How would you feel about that?” Graham wondered. “How would you feel if I had a letter from somebody accusing you of something, a crime, or misconduct, for weeks, and I give it to Sen. “If you’re listening to my voice today and you’re on a computer looking at child pornography and you get caught, I hope your sentence is enhanced because the computer and the internet is feeding the beast here,” he groused, objecting to Jackson’s attempt to explain the antiquated guidelines in some of these cases.Įventually, as he reached the end of his allotted time, Graham pressed Jackson on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s controversial and fiery confirmation hearings.Īsserting that Democrats “ambushed” Kavanaugh with allegations of sexual assault, Graham insisted he wouldn’t treat Jackson that way before asking her to express her feelings about the 2018 hearings. Of course, experts have noted that her sentences were “ pretty mainstream,” and even conservative legal experts have labeled attacks against her as “disingenuous” and “meritless to the point of demagoguery.”Īnd yet, Graham bombarded Jackson with pointed questions about her sentences in a handful of cases while repeatedly cutting her off before she could provide a detailed explanation-instead taking the opportunity to further browbeat Jackson. Eventually, Graham went down the same misleading road a few other politically-ambitious Republicans have trodden throughout this hearing, berating Jackson over her sentencing in child-porn cases while suggesting she is sympathetic to pedophiles.
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