#shorts Witness: Senator, that wasn’t, uh, that memo and the conduct that it relates to wasn’t anything that I would have discussed.

Hawley: I’m not asking you that. I’m asking you whether or not you can say, as a jurist, as a lawyer, as a member of the bar, as an American, whether this is appropriate, to be recruiting informants in Catholic churches, to be using federal government resources to go after clergy in Catholic churches, to be designating and treating members of Catholic parishes as terrorists. Is that appropriate or not?

Witness: Senator, again, based upon my experience at the FBI, this was not something that we ever discussed. This was not—I’ve never seen that memo before. It would not be appropriate for me to comment.

Hawley: I cannot believe your answers. I cannot believe that anybody who would come before this committee would look at this and look at what they have tried to do and just listen to the Attorney General, for heaven’s sake, and would not say it’s grossly inappropriate. This should never happen. I’m absolutely stunned by this. And for that reason, among others, I cannot support your nomination.

On 7/12/2023, U.S. Sen Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, asked the nominee about the Hunter Biden laptop. Brandon S. Long is nominee to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Long responded that under the ethics code for federal law enforcement, he is forbidden from answering questions about ongoing investigations. Hawley also asked Long if he did ever observe FBI resources being used to monitor pro-life groups or pro-life individuals.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/fncv4UBUlnw
Q: for heaven’s sake, and would not say it’s grossly inappropriate. I’m absolutely stunned by this