"Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) gave us another amusing demonstration of his ability to humiliate Joe Biden’s unqualified judicial nominees during Wednesday's confirmation hearing.
“ 'You said, ‘assault weapons may be banned because they’re extraordinarily dangerous and are not appropriate for legitimate self-defense purposes,’” Kennedy said. “Tell me what you meant by assault weapons.”
“Just to clarify there, I was local counsel—” Maldonado said
“But you wrote the brief, tell me what you meant by assault weapons,” he pressed.
“Senator Kennedy, I actually I did not write the brief. The brief was written by—"
“You signed the brief, though, didn’t you?"
“Correct, I signed the brief,” she conceded.
“When you sign a brief you're testifying to the court that everything in it is true, right?"
Maldonado also agreed with Kennedy’s characterization that as far as the court is concerned, since she signed the brief, the words were hers.
“Tell me what you meant by assault weapons,” Kennedy said.
“So, I am not a gun expert,” Maldonado responded. "And at the time, that brief I think was about ten years ago—" . . .
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