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Witnesses debate dark‑money influence and funding disclosures for academic chairs at Senate hearing
Summary
Senators pressed witnesses about outside funding and political influence in federal judicial nominations; academics acknowledged outside donations to endowed chairs and institutions but declined to detail donors in committee testimony.
Senators at a joint Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing questioned witnesses about the role of outside money and private influence in judicial nominations and about funding for academic positions.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, who chaired earlier hearings on outside funding, said prior investigations had documented dark‑money influence on federal judicial nominations and asked witnesses about disclosed ties between private donors and endowed chairs. Whitehouse referenced reporting and written evidence he described as showing…
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