Judge Kato Crews, nominee for US District Court for the District of Colorado, appeared on Capitol Hill Wednesday as part of his confirmation hearings and became the latest nominee who was unable to answer a basic legal question by Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA).
Crews, who currently serves as a federal magistrate in Colorado, was unable to describe what the landmark US Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland was about. Brady, decided in 1963, “held that withholding exculpatory evidence violates due process ‘where the evidence is material either to guilt or to punishment.’” Seems like a pretty important case (and principle) to be crystal clear about.
.@SenJohnKennedy: “Do you know what a Brady motion is?”
Biden federal trial court nominee Kato Crews: “It’s not coming to mind at the moment what a Brady motion is.” pic.twitter.com/oVPEnE4CfF
— Conservative War Machine (@WarMachineRR) March 22, 2023
Here is a transcript of the exchange:
CREWS: Senator, in my four and a half years on the bench I don’t believe I’ve had the occasion to address a Brady motion in my career.
KENNEDY: Do you know what a Brady motion is?
CREWS: Senator, in my time on the bench I’ve not had occasion to address that, and so it’s not coming to mind at the moment what a Brady motion is.
KENNEDY: Do you recall the US…
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