BUSTED: Judge Financially Entangled With His Own Trump Ruling.

[Diogenes]

Appeal to authority fallacy.

You ignored the facts and attacked the source.

Close. It's a genetic fallacy.


The Appeal to Authority Fallacy occurs when someone claims that something must be true because an authority figure claims it is true, without providing further evidence for the claim. This fallacy assumes that the truth of a statement is inherently linked to the expertise, status, or position of the person making the statement, rather than the merit of the argument itself.


The Genetic Fallacy is a type of logical fallacy where an argument is evaluated based on its origin or history rather than its actual merit or content. Instead of addressing the argument itself, someone commits the genetic fallacy when they dismiss or accept a claim simply because of where it came from, who made it, or how it was initially conceived.


@Grok

 

[Uncensored2008]

There is no evidence from the provided information that Judge John J. McConnell Jr. paid Senator Sheldon Whitehouse $200,000. However, it is noted that before becoming a judge, McConnell made significant political donations, including to Senator Whitehouse. Specifically, the information indicates that McConnell donated $12,600 to Whitehouse between 2005 and 2006, but there is no mention of a $200,000 payment.


@Grok

Nah, this guy is dirty.

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Republicans have mounted a vigorous attack against a district court nominee whose family donated nearly $700,000 to Democratic candidates and causes, including thousands of dollars to the two Rhode Island senators who recommended him for the job.


Providence attorney Jack McConnell’s political donations dwarf contributions made by other Obama court appointees, leading Republicans to question whether big-time donors could create a conflict of interest in a neutral federal judiciary.}


{The McConnells also donated $157,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee since 1993 and an additional $47,500 to Senate-related campaign committees.}

This was the backend bribe to Whitehouse to buy his seat on the bench..

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[Diogenes]

Nah, this guy is dirty.

{
Republicans have mounted a vigorous attack against a district court nominee whose family donated nearly $700,000 to Democratic candidates and causes, including thousands of dollars to the two Rhode Island senators who recommended him for the job.


Providence attorney Jack McConnell’s political donations dwarf contributions made by other Obama court appointees, leading Republicans to question whether big-time donors could create a conflict of interest in a neutral federal judiciary.}


{The McConnells also donated $157,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee since 1993 and an additional $47,500 to Senate-related campaign committees.}

This was the backend bribe to Whitehouse to buy his seat on the bench..

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No evidence of wrongdoing was ever found in 2010, though, was it?

Let's focus on the recusal issue.

The fact is that he is currently suspected of failing to disclose a potentially disqualifying investment. There are allegations that he owns $250,000 worth of stock in a company that received $75 million from the Inflation Reduction Act, which he ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze.

There may be an inquiry, but there is no way to know how it will play out. Yet.