Whitehouse asks about "dark money." Gorsuch says it's money not spent by a candidate or party. Whitehouse adds that it's unknown source.
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Whitehouse asks about the "campaign" to confirm Gorsuch and what he knows about it. G: "I've heard a lot about it from you, others."
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G: "I know there's a lot of money being spent on both sides." W: "I wouldn't leap to that conclusion just yet."
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W: "Do you know if your friend Mr. Anschutz is contributing?" G: "I don't." W: "Does it matter?"
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Disclosure plays important function, Gorsuch says, but adds that disclosure also "can be used as a weapon to silence people," citing NAACP.
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W: "Do you think that we on this panel out to know who is behind that (the campaign for Gorsuch)?" G: That's a matter of policy.
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Whitehouse says that Gorsuch could ask the funders of the campaign to name themselves. Gorsuch says that's "politics," and up to Congress.
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Whitehouse, on Citizens United: "They got deeply involved in politics." Gorsuch responds that the justices were trying to apply the 1st Am.
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Breaking: With Klobuchar's arrival, we have a woman here. With 13 white men.
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Good point. I wasn't aware of either of those things!
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