Senator Kennedy asked the nominee, “What did the White House give you to prepare for today’s hearing?” asked the senator.
“Senator, um, there were a number of meetings with the White House council’s office,” the nominee replied.
“Did they give you any written materials to read?” asked the senator.
“There were some written materials,” the nominee confirmed.
“Tell me, what were those?” inquired the senator.
“Um, there were materials that were already in the record – questions and answers from prior hearings,” the nominee explained.
“So, they gave you a list of questions and answers from prior hearings?” clarified the senator.
“Um, an overview, I would say,” replied the nominee.
“How many questions and answers did they give you?” pressed the senator.
“I’m not sure, senator, sitting here. I’m not sure exactly how many questions,” the nominee admitted.
“Was it more than 10?” asked the senator.
“Yes,” replied the nominee.
“More than 50?” asked the senator.
“I don’t believe so,” said the nominee.
“And whose questions were they?” asked the senator.
“They were senators’ questions. Which ones?” the nominee responded.
“There were some of your questions,” the senator chuckled.
“But I also watched many hearings,” the nominee added.

“Thank you, Mr. Chairman,” the nominee said as they finished speaking.
“I pay tribute to you, senator,” Chairman Durbin said.
“I am smiling” Senator Kennedy said.

Senator Hawley asked nominee Mr. Delaney, “… Everybody would know exactly who she was, could look her up .. this was an attempt to put her squarely into the media spotlight nationally, right?

Delaney: Thank you for the question. I respectfully disagree that the …
Hawley: … would have reporters, no doubt, in her front lawn, would have people following her around with cameras everywhere? Her family sitting here today, they’ve already been through hell. Your motion was an attempt to put them through further hell in order to defend your client, right?

Mr. Delaney: Senator, I was an advocate for the school.
Hawley: I understand that. But as advocates, I have been too, and as advocates, we make decisions, but we’re responsible for those decisions. You made a decision here. You made a decision to try to strip a young girl of anonymity, and you effectively succeeded because you bullied her into it. So she, unwilling to be intimidated by you, went forward and revealed her own name, which took, by the way, tremendous courage, and I just like to honor her for her courage in doing that. But you put her to that choice. You did. That was your choice. So that’s fine. You made the choice, but now you’re accountable for it. So let’s have some accountability here. You deliberately did this in a way that would put her at risk, and that was your intent.

Senator Hawley: Have you read the letter that she submitted to this committee?

Mr. Delaney: I have …

Hawley: “No, you didn’t. You filed a motion that specifically struck to strip her anonymity. I have it right here. I’ve read it, and I’ve read your reasons for doing so. The school didn’t like the time that the parents and Chessy filed their lawsuit. You complain the council filed the complaints minute before the clerk of the Court’s office closed on June 1st, 2016. Well, I’m sorry for you, but I don’t understand why your inconvenience about the time should mean that this young woman should have to surrender her anonymity …”

Mr. Delaney: … the request to restrict the lawyers from trying the case in the media was compatible with her desire to proceed with privacy and anonymity.

Hawley: “I don’t understand what you’re saying. You filed a motion that sought to strip her anonymity. You told the court that it should happen because you didn’t like the time at which her council filed their complaint because it put your school at an inconvenience. They had to answer reporter questions. You said, frankly, that seems to me like a small burden to bear after what Chessy went through. So you made the decision. You forced her to come forward. She was brave and did it. And now you’re accountable for that. And quite frankly, I’m astounded you’ve been nominated. I can’t believe we’re sitting here having this conversation today. And I, for one, will not support your nomination for these reasons.”

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