Senator has blunt response for Trump nominee in hearing: 'Can't answer a simple question?'

Systemic Error Podcast · Jul 3, 2026 · 3m

Judicial Neutrality, For Everyone Except the JudgePower Speaks FirstThe source story is straightforward enough: Sen. Adam Schiff pressed Trump-nominated Judge Daniel Mack Traynor during a confirmation hearing, and Traynor refused to answer basic questions about January 6 and who won the 2020 election. That alone would be revealing. But the larger point is worse: the hearing exposed a nominee asking for higher office while declining to state plain facts, even as he has already shown a willingness to step into partisan conflict when it suits him.The Real AuthorityThe person with actual…