Corey Booker chats with the potential Trump appointee. Trump owes the guy $400,000
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Aaron Rupar
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Booker to Schwartz: "Can you name in all of American history another appellate nominee who was actively representing the president who nominated him at the moment of his nomination? Don't you think it's germane to our evaluation of your objectivity if the president owes you $400,000?"
Booker to Schwartz: "Can you name in all of American history another appellate nominee who was actively representing the president who nominated him at the moment of his nomination? Don't you think it's germane to our evaluation of your objectivity if the president owes you 0,000?"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-20T19:23:28.511Z
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Title says it one way, body of post says it the other. 
Trump owes him.
make mine root beer 
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