'You Didn't Disclose That To The Committee, Did You?': Mike Lee Brutally Grills Judicial Nominee
At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing prior to the Congressional recess, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) questioned Nicole G. Berner, nominee to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, about her past statements, work, and disclosures.
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That woman shouldn’t even be allowed to judge a pie baking contest.
@richl2501
6 ай бұрын
And after ignoring sexual assault allegations, it would be inappropriate for her to judge a HOT-DOG eating contest.
@donnastokes-manning6175
6 ай бұрын
Too many just as bad or far worse are sitting on the bench now.
@chuckinhouston9952
6 ай бұрын
Certainly not a chili cook off.
@Conernforthesedogs-iw7lf
5 ай бұрын
According to Ketenji and other dems, they do not even know what a woman IS. We call that thing an it.
She didn't answer any of the questions . She's a liar
@brianknapp6215
6 ай бұрын
Why are these people incapable of answering a "Yes or No" question with either a _YES_ or a _NO..._
@JORDONDAVE
6 ай бұрын
And yet it is still okay when Trump does not answer any of the questions though!
@jamesgee8094
6 ай бұрын
Democrats, liberal for you!
@LMH6379
6 ай бұрын
@@brianknapp6215 They like to blabber on to use up the Senator's five minutes, therefore, not having to answer the question.
@catzee4720
6 ай бұрын
she is a professional bs'er
When your answer says nothing, your a liar.
The problem is 25 years experience and she doesn't know right from wrong.
NO NO NO EVIL NO NO NO I wouldn't trust her with my dead dog.
@yepyep340
6 ай бұрын
HI SANTOS!
Did she get confirmed because that would be absolutely scary and this is what’s wrong with our country. Especially what I saw in Colorado this morning. These people have no right to be sitting on the bench.
I don't trust people who change what they said in the past. It's still them.
@tomrob609
6 ай бұрын
I don't believe that is a correct way to look at things. There are things I used to believe, and feel strongly about that would be considered liberal... As I grew older, I realized that a lot of those things were based on total bullsh*t, and that I was immature and naïve. What she is doing is being duplicitous and holding a double standard that she has applied and will apply in any situation and every situation her life and career places her in. She is inherently dishonest and will be always. In my opinion.
Thank you for calling this evil out and shinning light on her hypocrisy and deceit
“ liar liar pants on fire”…. It’s still a good one!!!! ❤
She protected union bosses against sexual harassment complaints but believed that Republicans should have let anyone with a new memory of a 30 year old harassment complaint that cannot in any way be verified.
@JORDONDAVE
6 ай бұрын
And yet in comparison to Trump and his sexual harassment allegations under his belt makes her a saint
@sprsmoke
6 ай бұрын
Trump. Lol@@JORDONDAVE
@goldenbear8250
6 ай бұрын
@@JORDONDAVE Do you still see Trump in your dreams?
@catzee4720
6 ай бұрын
she is weak
@comicbookchris3509
6 ай бұрын
Yes, I noticed that double standard too concerning sexual assault issues which shows us it's all political with the left going back to protecting Bill Clinton from 100% of his women accusers.
Wow. Snakes are everywhere. She is a slippery one.
Holy crap! Just answer the question!
Love how they just talk in circles when asked questions.
@dwightcurrie8316
4 ай бұрын
Their instructions before testifying, are pretty simple......."Whatever you do, Don't You Dare Tell The Truth. Either Lie or Filibuster & run out the clock"
Sounds like she hates successful men.
That alone should disqualify her from the position because she said one thing in public and did the opposite-the same as she publicly condemned- in private. Shows she lack clear and discernible judgement.
She has all the words. Bullshit, but uses all the words.
Not a lawyer. Just another community activist. These are immature clowns not serious jurists.
YOU GO LEE!! 👍💯🎯🙏🇺🇲❤
I hate that it when they say, "I was an advocate," as if that somehow justifies bad or dishonest behavior. In this case, she chose to omit the union boss case from her filings. She didn't even claim it was accidental.
100%, She not qualify for the job !
And it's still,Bla Bla Bla,this all just bull 💩
I really hate the fake formalities.
When a judicial nominee explains that their deeply held convictions vary depending on the audience... you have to question their suitability for the bench.
@Conernforthesedogs-iw7lf
5 ай бұрын
Indeed. I ust saw one who said the definition of a woman depended on the individual case!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nicole Berner is void of character and integrity.
@johnquillman785
6 ай бұрын
But she has a nice smile--can't be all bad. She'll do well as a liberal judge
Wait a minute…Aren’t lawyers who are on the wrong side of a case now held accountable? Isn’t that how it works, now? Why wasn’t she sanctioned for what her clients did? That seems to be the new rule.
@colebyrnes7889
6 ай бұрын
Guess it all depends on how your client votes....
Imagine saying terribly racist things and then being like “that was in my capacity as a racist” Unbelievable
Why is it ALWAYS a woo mun?
@Gracie5.5
6 ай бұрын
And they always appear to conserve smiles to once per year.
@mrguy3217
6 ай бұрын
Exposed! Won’t answer a direct question should be an automatic disqualification
@yepyep340
6 ай бұрын
He is not common after her he is common after you.
@sugarality4042
6 ай бұрын
Because according to Democrats women are equally able as men, even though they are, less authority, emotionally-oriented people
There are trying to pack the court again
A common tactic: accuse your enemies of doing what you actively do. Rules For Radicals. Make no mistake about it, this nominee is folllowing the playbook.
Word salad ....
She sure is dancing but I don’t hear any music.
Why everyone of Joe Biden nominees do not stand on their words comments in the past. If you don't believe of your own words, how do you expect anyone to believe you?
Why can't she just admit that, as a lawyer, she would say anything that would help her client's case
DO NOT CONFIRM ANYONE WHO STANDS BEHIND THE CONTINUING OF HARASSING ANYONE!!!!!!!!!!
Why do we not have severe penalties for lying in congress?????
@tomrob609
6 ай бұрын
There are severe penalties for lying to congress!!! Identify as anything but democrat, then try it and see...
@Conernforthesedogs-iw7lf
5 ай бұрын
GITMO would have to expand into Havana
She paints her hair like she paints her past.
It is by the way of sham hearings like these that we wind up with judges with the same qualities as those who sit on the Colorado Supreme Court.
@cherylfitch3183
6 ай бұрын
I’m tired of hearing “yes, I did all those things, but if I’m fortunate to be appointed I will follow every law to the letter….blah, blah, blah…they all were unethical before but if picked then they will start being ethical………miraculously!!!! oh ok, so we can trust them to do the right thing if their appointed.🤔
@Conernforthesedogs-iw7lf
5 ай бұрын
And the little known progressive LSAC Plus Program designed to rubber stamp illiterates on the box ticker list. You don't even have to take the LSATs. That's how you get the Ketenjis/
How the hell can she be Judicial Nominee? SEIU? WOW! SEIU staffs helped DA Gascon get elected FYI.
This lady nominee should be fine and jailed. She is advoiding all the yes or no questions. She is guilty. She should be disbarred ASAP.
If these candidates do not uphold the Constitution and Bill of Rights as written and Enforce written law without legislating from the bench....then it's a Hard, instant NO. Buh bye
I wouldn't confirm her for dog catcher.
Thank you for the question="I'm about to flatulate a lie."
Justice Kavanaugh was beyond reproach. I thank him for all he did and his stellar background. May God Bess him and his family greatly. We remember the verse “The eyes of the Lord are watching the evil and the good.
Is there a class these people go to that teaches them to answer questions without actually answering the question?
@rylanmalis1162
6 ай бұрын
I think Mayorkas teaches that class twice a week in the afternoons. 🤣
@Conernforthesedogs-iw7lf
5 ай бұрын
Yes. There is ! I went to The Evergreen State College and it was set up that way! The worst offenders came to run Washington State. They had no grades there and the classes were easy peasy, but you had to write your own self evaluation, pretending it was a learning experience enter: learning how to lie on paper, the better the liar, the higher gov't position they got.
@timothynaquin8899
5 ай бұрын
@@Conernforthesedogs-iw7lfI heard employers no longer recognize Evergreen diplomas, certificates, pieces of toilet paper, or whatever they write your made up degree on
@mikecollins9321
4 ай бұрын
Law school
We’re in times that no one know how answer a question …!
"Truth avoidance personified"
Next! Good job , Senator Lee👍
If there were actual and serious penalties for anyone ordered to be there to answer questions, but used "flowery" words and statements to literally NOT answer them or found to have literally LIED in their answers, then these sessions would actually be taken seriously, and true answers given ..but there is not. Every one of these evil and corrupt idiots KNOW how to give complete "non-answer" answers. They KNOW they just have to "dance around" the answer till the timer runs out, and then they are "in the clear".
Tell Bejing Biden to pick more RESPECTABLE CANIDATES FOR OUR JUDICIARY SYSTEM.... . OMG THESE CHOICES ARE SO BAD.... ĹIBERALS NEED TO BE REEDUCATED ABOUT THE MEANING OF "IMMORALITY " AND TRAINED ON A SOLID MEANING OF "MORAL CODE"
@brb__bathroom
6 ай бұрын
WHY ARE WE YELLING?
Lies lies and no one is held accountable for perjury!
Just one more, PANTS ON FIRE!
The fact that she chose money over morals and her stated fight for women, makes her ineligible to be a judge.
She is fully qualified! She never answers questions given to her.., that makes her super qualified.
So she believes excuses are better than answers. Is that defending democracy or the way it works?
Another activist. Please don't let her in..
She never answered a question. Lots of sidewinding.
Mom of darkness, for sure. One Smug,swamper
‘When you get caught, stop and review your work history" ….it’s called misdirection. You skillfully change the course/direction of the interrogation. Attorneys are Pros at using this tool when they are backed into a corner. I’m a pretty good reader of people ….it took me about 90 seconds to recognize the evilness in this person. She’s probably a smart person but I cannot imagine standing in front of her as a litigant.
These people are a disgrace
That woman would never be neutral.
She doesn't deserve the position!!
Don’t take her
This is a good representation of what an "activist judge" is. She's sacrificed her professional integrity on the alter of politics. It's no wonder we're getting a two sided legal these days
Another rat for the swamp
Your positions in the Past, a long running past, tell exactly what you & WHO you are.... NO, you would not now be a legit or appropriate candidate for this position!
It's funny how soon as these activists get nominated they try n act like there not biased😂
She's another union activist judge/attorney and has no business applying for a judgeship in any jurisdiction. Her biases are showing already in her previous positions.
@BobM.-to9ji
6 ай бұрын
Activist judge? You mean like the Supreme Court over turning Roe? They name streets after you people.... FDJT
@Gracie5.5
6 ай бұрын
She's protecting that retainer.
@BobM.-to9ji
6 ай бұрын
@@Gracie5.5 - And?
@Gracie5.5
6 ай бұрын
@@BobM.-to9ji PRETTY MUCH IT, BOB. Merry 🎄 Christmas
If all you have is he said, she said why should we believe the woman with lack of evidence?
Mike Lee is one of the few members of the senate worthy of my trust.
Ahhhhhh....if I'm not mistaken this is one of those would famous dog and pony shows.
Name one democrat that is not a complete hypocrite. You cant
No wonder why politicians can’t get anything done their answers should be limited to yes, no, I don’t understand, I don’t know, or fifth amendment.
It is not enough to acknowledge the principles of our democracy and law when seeking a position in which trust must me absolute, free of qualifications and without provision. To say, for instance, Yes, I believe that if you are not caught you may commit a crime without consequences but as a judge I will give equal consideration to the prosecution and the defense in cases before me. But that is what I hear from this nominee for the bench. What I as an American must hear from a candidate from an office which has such profound impact on the Lives, Rights and Freedoms of ALL Americans is a determined dedication to impartiality, withholding no effort in practicing the fullest devotion to ensuring the defendant and prosecution, plaintiff and defendant are afforded every consideration independent of any sentiments, beliefs or opinions I may hold. Otherwise, they can tell their stories walking ... west until their hat floats.
Yes, Mike Lee is brutal, Forbes.
Does anyone ever answer a question other than thank you for the question but i want answer it?
They cover for each other
"Senator . . . .blah blah blah "
I purport if you fail to answer the question asked and instead make a blanket statement of your accomplishments, you are a liar.
Please say no to her!
Mike ..... Please dont let her go !!!!!!! Got her where you need her !!!
Answer the question lady, speak the truth… not politically correct BS! I would never allow her to be nominated ….
HOW don’t these questioners lose their crap?! I’d be like “ANSWER THE QUESTION, YES OR NO! For the love of god YES OR NO?!?!” 😂😂😂 Every one of these gets to the bottom of NOTHING. I hate politicians. Reps and Dems are sooooo corrupt.
NO ACCOUNTABILITY TRUTH IS TRUTH,😂😂😂😂
He should have said; I'll believe anything. Pathetic.
I vote no.
Someone that changes sides to suit themselves...should NEVER BE PERMITTED TO BE A SUPREME COURT JUDGE....NEVER..!!!
Dismiss her.
Not one time did this person answer a question with a direct answer or even close
She isn’t even very good at obfuscating. Typical radical behavior. Believe all women (who accuse anyone you don’t agree with). Anyone else, EVEN when there isn’t a political reason to accuse someone since they are in the same party, is lying.
This is sad, our country is in bad shape. 25 years and still ignorant.
Even Lying and she went with it and still going with it
anybody else tired of non answers?
It’s all about (LOOKING GOOD WITH MONEY) in power🥶
Heartless. Drones.
Wow
Who would you back, Justice Kavanaugh or Justice Jackson?
She makes unsubstantiated allegations at a university, but shrinks from taking the responsibility of making them. I find her answers bizarre. Another left wing activist, who makes a series of historical allegations, but when challenged, she dodges the fact she made these allegations. The reason why she’s being so evasive is because she wants her judicial nomination to be confirmed. I wouldn’t let her anywhere near a role in the federal judiciary.
They try to explain away their statements as I was belittle any party becaus they were representing a political opponent.
Snake in the grass . Next .
💞💞💞🙏🙏