Posted on Mar 25, 2022
Hawley's attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson fuel a surge in online conspiracy chatter
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A misleading line of attack from Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., helped fuel online discussion, some of it violent, linking Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to concerns about pedophilia, according to an analysis of data from Pyrra Technologies, a threat-monitoring company that tracks alternative social media platforms.
Hawley used much of his question time during Jackson's confirmation hearings this week to distort her sentencing record in cases related to child pornography. He previewed that line of questioning last week with a long Twitter thread in which he painted Jackson as sympathetic to child pornography defendants.
Fact-checkers and some conservative legal experts have labeled his claims misleading and note that his comments are tied to conspiracy theories, including the far-right QAnon.
The White House referred to his rhetoric as an "embarrassing QAnon-signaling smear."
Hawley responded: "If they want to dismiss parents' concerns about their children's safety and they want to dismiss concerns about crime as a conspiracy theory, take that argument to the polls." His office didn't respond to NPR's requests for an interview.
A misleading line of attack from Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., helped fuel online discussion, some of it violent, linking Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to concerns about pedophilia, according to an analysis of data from Pyrra Technologies, a threat-monitoring company that tracks alternative social media platforms.
Hawley used much of his question time during Jackson's confirmation hearings this week to distort her sentencing record in cases related to child pornography. He previewed that line of questioning last week with a long Twitter thread in which he painted Jackson as sympathetic to child pornography defendants.
Fact-checkers and some conservative legal experts have labeled his claims misleading and note that his comments are tied to conspiracy theories, including the far-right QAnon.
The White House referred to his rhetoric as an "embarrassing QAnon-signaling smear."
Hawley responded: "If they want to dismiss parents' concerns about their children's safety and they want to dismiss concerns about crime as a conspiracy theory, take that argument to the polls." His office didn't respond to NPR's requests for an interview.
Hawley's attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson fuel a surge in online conspiracy chatter
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The judge has the final say in sentencing. He or she does not have to abide 100% by sentencing guidelines. After a sentence is pronounced, it is reviewed by the US Sentencing Commission.
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It wasn't an attack. And her sentencing was definitely outside the guidelines. I would have liked to hear why she thought that was appropriate.
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LTC David Brown
Why are a judges decisions off limits for review ? The sentences were below guidelines and in at least one case below guidelines, prosecutors and parole board recommendations.
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CW4 Guy Butler
Kevin McCarthy at National Review has a breakdown of each of the cases, and didn’t find much untoward in the sentences:
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/ho-hum-the-cases-senator-hawley-cites-show-judge-jackson-is-an-unremarkable-sentencer-in-child-porn-cases/
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/ho-hum-the-cases-senator-hawley-cites-show-judge-jackson-is-an-unremarkable-sentencer-in-child-porn-cases/
Ho-Hum: The Cases Senator Hawley Cites Show Judge Jackson Is an Unremarkable Sentencer in...
The terms she has meted out are compliant with the law and usually equal or exceed the recommendations of the court’s probation department.
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SP5 Dennis Loberger
At least 3 Trump appointed, Crawley supported judges have also sentenced below Federal guidelines on child porn cases. Those 3 judges...Judge Joseph Bianco, Judge Andrew Basher and Judge Carl Nichols. Crawley was either ignorant or being a typical disingenuous politician by trying to make points at the expense of those who are simply going to accept what he says. Nothing any politician of either party says should ever be accepted as fact without research to verify what they say. They are just like your Uncle who is full of puffed up stories. I have a friend who is a judge (R) and he says most judges sentence at least some cases below Federal guidelines
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