Kennedy: you said your GOP client to deprive poor people of the right to vote

Kennedy questions Sooknanan in Judiciary

Senate hearing: Sparkle L. Sooknanan, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.

New York Times: Sparkle Sooknanan, one of the firm’s young stars, also spoke up. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, she had set out to New York at age 16, paid her way through college and law school and landed clerkships for federal judges, including Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Sooknanan had become a Jones Day partner earlier in the year at age 36. Now, on the call, her voice trembled as she denounced the firm’s work in Pennsylvania. “This lawsuit was brought for no other reason than to deprive poor people of the right to vote,” she said.

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Kennedy: you said your GOP client to deprive poor people of the right to vote

Key Points

Kennedy questions Sooknanan in Judiciary

Senate hearing: Sparkle L

• Sooknanan, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia
• New York Times: Sparkle Sooknanan, one of the firm’s young stars, also spoke up
• Born in Trinidad and Tobago, she had set out to New York at age 16, paid her way through college and law school and landed clerkships for federal judges, including Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Transcript Highlights

The following is transcribed from the video audio:

• But you were going to share in the profits made from the bills paid by the Pennsylvania GOP, right
• And you were going to share in the money, right
• In a call, when you and some of your partners were talking about the case, this is what you said about your client who’s paying you
• You said, quote, this lawsuit was brought for no other reason than to deprive poor people of the right to vote
• I do not know who provided that quote to the reporter
• Senator, I never spoke to the reporter or anyone in the media about the meeting in question
• This is a violation of about 927 provisions of the Code of Ethics, isn’t it
• Senator, that’s why I never spoke to that reporter
• Who was trying to deprive poor people of the right to vote
• Who were you referring to when you said that

Full transcript: 387 words transcribed via Whisper AI.