EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Call On Senate Judiciary Committee To Investigate Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Past Sentences For Sex Offenders

A group of House Republicans sent a letter Monday to the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee, calling on them to fully investigate President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s past rulings as a judge, saying she showed leniency toward those who committed sexual crimes against minors.

The Daily Caller first obtained the letter, spearheaded by Colorado Rep. Ken Buck and signed by 18 other House Republicans. The letter was sent to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin and Ranking Member Sen. Chuck Grassley. In it, the House Republicans call on the committee to look into three child pornography cases from when Jackson was Vice-Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

The letter names the three cases and says “for every child pornography case in which Judge Jackson has ruled and for which records are available, she deviated from federal sentencing guidelines in favor of the offenders.”

The Three Cases Highlighted In The Letter: 

• U.S. v. Hawkins, saying, “Jackson sentenced a man convicted of possessing child pornography to three months when sentencing guidelines called for 10 years.”
• U.S v. Stewart, saying, “Jackson sentenced a man convicted of possessing thousands of images of child pornography, along with attempting to cross state lines to molest a 9-year-old girl, to 57 months when sentencing guidelines called for 97-121 months.”
• U.S. v Chazin, saying, “Jackson sentenced the defendant to 28 months for possession of child pornography when sentencing guidelines called for 78-97 months.”

“Judge Jackson’s pattern and practice of leniency on sentencing for child sex crimes is deeply troubling. Her record of special empathy towards criminals is the fulfillment of Democrats’ soft-on-crime, defund the police movement that has caused a spike in crime across the nation,” Buck told the Daily Caller. (RELATED: Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee’s Harvard Group Hosted A Speaker Criticized For Antisemitic Remarks)

READ THE LETTER HERE: 

(DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) — … by Henry Rodgers

Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee first mentioned these cases Thursday and pressed Jackson about them during the first day of her Senate confirmation hearings before the Judiciary Committee Monday. (RELATED: ‘An Alarming Pattern’: Sen. Josh Hawley Questions Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Record On Child Porn Rulings)

“Jackson sentenced a man convicted of possessing child pornography to three months when sentencing guidelines called for 10 years ‘soft on crime.’ I’m concerned that this a record that endangers our children,” Hawley said on Twitter.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki disputed the claims Thursday, saying Jackson’s sentencing of sex crimes have all been “consistent” with the recommended sentences.

Psaki said Hawley “took a snippet of a transcript out of context” when Jackson was repeating a witness’ remarks.

“This is toxic and weakly-presented misinformation that relies on taking cherry-picked elements of her record out of context — and it buckles under the lightest scrutiny,” White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said about Hawley’s accusations.

The Daily Caller contacted Durbin and Grassley’s office about the letter to which they did not immediately respond.

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