'Do You Think Senator Gillibrand Is A Crook?': John Kennedy And Richard Painter Have Wild Battle

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At today's Senate Banking Committee hearing on Wednesday, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) had a shocking clash with Richard Painter, former Associate Counsel to the President and chief White House ethics lawyer.

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00:00I did, but...

00:01Mr. Painter, do you think Senator Gillibrand is a crook?

00:08No, and I do not think all politicians are crooks.

00:11And why did you call her a crook?

00:13I did not call her a crook.

00:15Now, Senator, you need to focus on this bill.

00:19You're doing this again.

00:20You did it at the last hearing.

00:22You need to read the bill.

00:23...roll in stable corn regulation, $217,000 in crypto donations.

00:32You tweeted that.

00:33Yes, I do.

00:33And then you said the crypto industry is buying Congress and the White House.

00:39This won't end well.

00:41Why do you think the crypto industry is buying Senator Gillibrand?

00:45I said, look at the campaign contributions from this industry.

00:49You think they've bought her?

00:51I said, look at the campaign contributions.

00:53You said they bought her.

00:53Do you think they bought her?

00:54Senator, you need to focus on this bill instead of trying to distort my Twitter.

00:58You called one of my colleagues a crook, and what evidence do you have to keep a crook?

01:05I said there is massive amount of campaign contributions coming into this Congress from the crypto industry.

01:12Do you want to apologize to Senator Gillibrand?

01:15I do not want you to have to apologize for passing legislation that destroys our economy.

01:20You are distorting what I said, just like you did in the last hearing.

01:25You're wasting everybody's time, Senator.

01:27You're a whack job.

01:29Senator, you are a vaguely free one's next level whack job.

01:35Is this middle school, Senator?

01:36Senator and witness, thank you both for your part.

01:39I think you should apologize, Senator.

01:41I think, Senator, you're wasting our time.

01:43This is not middle school.

01:44Thank you for your participation.

01:49I will say that Senator Smith is next.

01:55The floor is yours.

01:57Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

01:59So, not so long ago.

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