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Barrett disclosure did not include work for troubled hospital group
Dems say it underscores a rushed process, as it involves among largest nonprofit bankruptcies in U.S. history.
Barrett didn't consider her role "significant."
nbcnews.com/politics/meet-…
Barrett disclosure did not include work for troubled hospital group
Dems say it underscores a rushed process, as it involves among largest nonprofit bankruptcies in U.S. history.
Barrett didn't consider her role "significant."
nbcnews.com/politics/meet-…
Barrett was required, per the questionnaire, to list the “10 most significant litigated matters which you personally handled, whether or not you were the attorney of record” and to “describe in detail the nature of your participation.” Barrett lists just three cases.
A source familiar with Barrett’s work history said her client had “filed only two even arguably substantive filings after she appeared as counsel,” so the work “is not a significant level of involvement.”
Still, in two of the three cases Barrett lists,
Still, in two of the three cases Barrett lists,
she cites her contribution as having been supporting roles such as assisting with research and briefing materials.
It is fueling criticism from Democrats about whether the candidate’s full record is transparent amid a hastened confirmation process for a lifetime appointment.
It is fueling criticism from Democrats about whether the candidate’s full record is transparent amid a hastened confirmation process for a lifetime appointment.
This week, Senate Democrats sent a letter to the Justice Department asking for “any missing materials from” her questionnaire, citing her 2006 signature on a 2006 newspaper ad calling for Roe v. Wade to be overturned that was not included.
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