This exchange highlights how unqualified Trumps latest pick is.
“We only pick the best and brightest”
But his trouble began during Wednesday's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee when, among a panel of five nominees, he alone told Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., that he had never tried a case in court.
It was all downhill from there.
Kennedy zoomed in on Petersen.
"Have you ever tried a jury trial?" Kennedy asked.
"I have not," Petersen said.
"Civil?"
"No."
"Criminal?"
"No."
"State or federal court?"
"I have not."
It gets worse from there.
Hopefully he will be the third nominee in a row blocked due to incompetence.
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/15/5710...minee-unable-to-answer-basic-questions-of-law
“We only pick the best and brightest”
But his trouble began during Wednesday's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee when, among a panel of five nominees, he alone told Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., that he had never tried a case in court.
It was all downhill from there.
Kennedy zoomed in on Petersen.
"Have you ever tried a jury trial?" Kennedy asked.
"I have not," Petersen said.
"Civil?"
"No."
"Criminal?"
"No."
"State or federal court?"
"I have not."
It gets worse from there.
Hopefully he will be the third nominee in a row blocked due to incompetence.
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/15/5710...minee-unable-to-answer-basic-questions-of-law