VIRAL VIDEO: Trump Federal Judiciary Nominee Flames Out, Can’t Answer Basic Questions About The Law

The Washington Post reports:

Nomination hearings for U.S. district judges tend to be dry affairs that offer little in the way of mass entertainment — in other words, they’re not typically the stuff of viral videos.

But a clip of one of President Trump’s federal judicial nominees struggling to answer rudimentary questions about the law garnered well more than 1 million views in a matter of hours on Thursday night and stoked speculation that another of the president’s nominations might get derailed.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) shared footage of Matthew Petersen, a nominee for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, getting quizzed by Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-La.) on basic aspects of trial procedure during his appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

WATCH: A Trump nominee for district court judge struggles to answer Sen. John Kennedy’s questions about matters of law and legal experience. pic.twitter.com/bTkQYNqcPq

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