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comment by jadedog

    Judge Gorsuch expressed his disappointment with Mr. Trump’s comments about the judiciary in a private conversation with Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, as he paid courtesy calls on Capitol Hill to build support for his confirmation. An account of the discussion was confirmed by a White House adviser working to advance the Gorsuch confirmation, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment.

Is this whole article based on a second-hand account of someone who was eavesdropping or looking on a private conversation and refused to give their name?

Is there some other corroboration?





b_b  ·  2626 days ago  ·  link  ·  

NPR ran a story on it this morning where they interviewed Blumenthal directly, who confirmed the account.

ThurberMingus  ·  2626 days ago  ·  link  ·  

And according to "Morning Joe" a spokesman for Gorsuch confirmed that Blumenthal's statement was accurate. Haven't found a written source for that yet though.

jadedog  ·  2626 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I just watched Bluementhal on Morning Joe as well stating the same thing. He was urging Gorsuch to go public with the statment.