🚨 "You Said It!" Kennedy Catches Nominee Red Handed

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]And Jones Day was handling that case, right?

[00:00:02]>> That's correct.

[00:00:03]>> And um uh you were a partner at Jones Day, is that right?

[00:00:08]>> That's correct, Senator.

[00:00:09]>> Okay. And who was your client in that case?

[00:00:13]>> The firm's client was the Pennsylvania GOP, Senator.

[00:00:16]>> Well, it's your client, too, right?

[00:00:18]>> Correct, Senator. I was not the lawyer in that case, but it Yes, Senator.

[00:00:21]>> But you were going to share in the profits made from from the bills paid by the Pennsylvania GOP, right?

[00:00:28]>> Senator, it was a firm client. I was a partner at the firm.

[00:00:31]>> were going to share in the in the in the money, right?

[00:00:34]>> Correct, Senator.

[00:00:35]>> Okay. And uh in a in a call where you and some of your partners were talking about the case, this is what you said about your client who's paying you.

[00:00:46]You said, this is according to an August 25, 2022 article. You said, quote, this lawsuit was brought for no other reason than to deprive poor people of the right to vote, close quote.

[00:00:58]You said that, didn't you?

[00:00:59]>> Senator, those were not my words. I do not know who provided that quote to the reporter. I never >> to the reporter, didn't you?

[00:01:07]>> Senator, I never spoke to the reporter or anyone in the media about the meeting in question, and I'll tell you why.

[00:01:13]As a partner at Jones Day, all partners are bound by a confidentiality obligation to the firm.

[00:01:21]And that meeting was an internal confidential partners meeting. I never spoke to the media about it, and those were not my words, Senator.

[00:01:28]>> This is this this is a violation of about 90 127 provisions of the code of ethics, isn't it?

[00:01:36]>> Senator, that's why I never spoke to that reporter, and those were not my words. I do not know who provided that quote to the reporter.

[00:01:43]>> Who was trying to deprive poor people of the right to vote? Who were you referring to when you said that?

[00:01:49]>> Senator, as I said, those were not my words.

[00:01:52]>> Oh, you never said that. You deny it.

[00:01:54]>> Senator, those were not my words.

[00:01:57]>> your partners on that call. They would say no, she never said it.

[00:02:00]>> Senator, I am telling you here today under oath that those were not my words.

[00:02:05]I never spoke to them.

[00:02:06]>> We depose your partners on and and put them under oath. They would say she never said that.

[00:02:11]>> Senator, I can't tell you what someone else would say under oath. I can tell you under oath that those were not my words. I never spoke to the media about that call.

[00:02:20]>> And you think on light of this you're qualified to be a federal judge?

[00:02:23]>> Senator, I never spoke to the media.

[00:02:26]>> that about a client?

[00:02:27]>> Senator, as I said, those were not my words and I never spoke to the media about the meeting in question. I take my obligations, ethical and otherwise, incredibly seriously.

[00:02:38]>> didn't you?

[00:02:39]>> Senator, I did not say those words.

[00:02:42]>> So the New York Times got it wrong?

[00:02:45]>> Senator Butler.

[00:02:48]>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um >> [snorts]