Sen. Josh Hawley voted to confirm judges who gave similar sentences, an ABC News fact check found.
of misleading allegations by Republican Sen. Josh Hawley that the nominee has a"long record" of letting child porn offenders"off the hook" during sentencing.
Asked about the votes Monday by ABC News, Sen. Hawley made clear he has never supported a high court nominee with a similar record in child porn sentencing cases."Not for this court I haven't, not for the U.S. Supreme Court," Hawley told ABC's Rachel Scott when asked whether his criticism of Judge Jackson presented a double standard.
ABC News provided the judges' names and cases to Hawley's office but have not received a response or explanation of why the senator was not aware of the sentencing records of the Trump appointees at the time of his votes.
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