#shorts Each time, Shogan answered, “Social media is in my personal capacity.”
“You seem to be having an incredible case of amnesia,” Hawley said incredulously.
Hawley also grilled Shogan about a tweet suggesting that the Architect of the Capitol should remove religious flags flown at the Library of Congress, pointing out that the Supreme Court has previously held religious flags are allowed on federal property if flags expressing other viewpoints are allowed on the same property.
“I have to say, I have been here for four years in the Senate. I have never seen a witness stonewall like this before,” he said. “Never, and I’ve seen a lot. This is extraordinary.” “I mean, this is unbelievable, and you want to be the archivist of the United States,” Hawley continued later. “You lied to us under oath, you lied to us in your [Questions for the Record], you just lied to me a second ago under oath, and now you’re sitting here stonewalling, not answering questions about public posts that you’ve made.”
“You lied to us under oath,” he said. “Now you’re sitting here stonewalling, not answering questions about the public posts that you made.”
On 2/28/2023, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., grilled President Joe Biden’s nominee for archivist of the United States, accusing her of lying under oath and stonewalling his line of questioning after he confronted her on past statements that he characterized as partisan. Colleen Shogan faced her second hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee after every Republican on the committee voted against confirming her in September. Hawley declared his opposition to Shogan’s nomination after a back-and-forth in which he confronted Shogan with her past tweets
other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/Z77PnskUcWM
An incredible case of amnesia, You lied to us under oath, Now you’re sitting here stonewalling