Patrick Leahy

I have never seen somebody that critical and not allowed to be here to--called to be testifying or an FBI background.

You do remember what happened, do you not?

I would ask consent that be entered.

Bravery is contagious. Indeed, that is the driving force behind the #MeToo movement.

I said I believed her, but I am concerned that we are doing a lot less for these three women today.

The easy way to do that, ask the FBI to investigate.

Frankly, privacy is important.

I think this will be one of--someone sitting in this chair 10 years from now, I think the question of technology on Fourth Amendment, First Amendment, war powers, is going to be of central importance.

In your concurrence in Klayman v. Obama, you went out of your way to say that not only is the dragnet collection of America's telephone records by the National Security Agency okay because it is not a search, you also said, and I did not…

Well, when you were in the White House, was part of your job to coach President Bush's judicial nominees how to answer Democrats' questions about Roe v. Wade?

I had various States for district court. I had Illinois. I had California I worked on with Senator Feinstein and Senator Boxer's staff; Maryland, Senator Sarbanes and Senator Mikulski.

I care about the integrity of the Supreme Court. I care about who is on there.

That is not fair to us, and, frankly, Judge, it is not fair to you.

I was born at night but not last night, and if I had something that somebody said we have stolen this or do not tell anybody we have this, I think that would raise some red flags.

I would be amazed if somebody handed me a memo saying this is a confidential memo that Senator Grassley's staff has prepared for him.

Whether it is or not, would you consider that somewhat unusual to be receiving from a Republican staff member something marked, 'Highly confidential,' telling him what he has found out that a Democrat is going to do?

But look how you received it.

I thought it was a digital Watergate. He stole 4,670 computer files from six Democratic Senators.

For Justice Kagan, we had 99 percent of her documents for her time at the White House, and, of course, we do not have--we have less than 10 percent of yours.

I trust the American people, I want them to trust me, I am prepared to disclose those public documents

President Trump claims he has an absolute right to pardon himself. Does he?

If the President issued a pardon in exchange for a bribe, 'yes' or 'no'?

Now, may--you said everyone agrees the pardon prerogatives of a President, absolute, unfettered, unchecked power to pardon every violator of every Federal law.

For a lot of us it was.

Which is a warrantless surveillance program.