Posted on 12/09/2022 2:53:39 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
House Rep. Jim Jordan pushed back against the House Judiciary Committee’s star witness Rev. Robert Schenck during a Supreme Court “Undue Influence” hearing on Thursday, challenging Schenck’s credibility in past legal proceedings.
The hearing came as a result of Schenck alleging that Justice Samuel Alito leaked a Supreme Court opinion in 2014 and accusations that the justice may have leaked the Dobbs opinion in May.
“One thing I’ve learned, people who mislead folks on small things, mislead them on big things,” Jordan said during the hearing.
House Rep. Jim Jordan grilled conservative-turned-progressive activist Rev. Robert Schenck Thursday in a House Judiciary Committee Hearing over his credibility regarding allegations that Justice Samuel Alito leaked Supreme Court opinions in 2014.
During the oral arguments, Schenck writes that Justice William Rehnquist called Paul “reverend” despite the Supreme Court having an established standard for not using “such titles in legal briefs.” In his book, Schenck writes that he winked at his brother because they had hoped to paint the case as a “religious liberty” issue instead of then harassing a pro-abortion clinic.
Jordan asked Schenck if Rehnquist said “reverend,” but Schenck claimed he couldn’t remember for certain.
“Well you’re pretty darn specific here,” Jordan replied. Schenck stated that he would have to go back and look at the book.
“Well we did go back,” Jordan pointed out before producing a transcript of the hearing, showing that Rehnquist never used the word “reverend” when addressing Schenck’s brother Paul. Schenck acknowledged that Rehnquist had not said “reverend.”
Jordan asked Schenck several times to explain why he wrote about that particular exchange when the transcripts stated otherwise. Schenck said multiple times that he “would have to go back”.
Schenck’s response appeared to be not good enough for Jordan, who said, “but we’re supposed to believe you today.
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From yesterday, different source, 26 comments.
That was brutal. I hope JJ can ask criminal SBF questions too and evicerate him.
You mean the MIT Genius Financial Crypto-Wizard. Yeah, that’ll be productive.
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