Barrett Pressed on Trump as Testimony Ends, Confirmation Nears
- Supreme Court nominee won’t give ‘off-the-cuff reactions’
- Last day of hearings on Barrett to include outside witnesses
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All but powerless to keep Amy Coney Barrett off the Supreme Court, Senate Democrats used their final day of questioning the nominee to grill her over statements made by the person who chose her, President Donald Trump.
Democrats asked the 48-year-old Barrett about Trump’s suggestion that the Nov. 3 election be delayed and his claim that he has “an absolute right to pardon myself” should the need arise. Barrett declined to answer both. Those questions came a day after senators pressed her on potential legal challenges to the election and whether presidents should commit to a peaceful transfer of power, as Trump has declined to do.