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New Joe Biden scandal erupts after media cover-up

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by Frank Holmes, reporter

A D.C. investigator has uncovered the latest glaring example of the Biden administration’s family corruption — but this time, it’s a bipartisan scandal. The D.C. establishment wants to control the conservative Supreme Court.

In fact, it’s a nesting-doll series of scandals, all hidden in plain sight.

Like most people pulling the strings, the man at the center of the controversy is somebody you probably haven’t heard of: Dr. Patrick Jackson.

If you may not know Jackson, you definitely know Jackson’s wife: Joe Biden’s Supreme Court appointee, Ketanji Brown Jackson — the one who could not define was a woman is, because she’s “not a biologist.”

You likely haven’t heard of the organization he just got nominated to sit on: the Washington, D.C., Judicial Disabilities and Tenure Commission, or CJDT, The nomination ceremony streamed live on Instagram earlier this week—and the CJDT has an influential role in what happens at the Supreme Court.

“CJDT has the authority to remove a judge,” the group’s website explains. CJDT members can kick a judge out of office if members say the judge engaged in “willful misconduct in office, for willful and persistent failure to perform judicial duties, and for conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, or which brings the judicial office into disrepute.”

Does that mean Ketanji Brown Jackson’s husband could single-handedly fire a judge?

The Commission can also “retire a judge involuntarily if the Commission determines that the judge suffers from a mental or physical disability” which the CJDT says may be permanent. It can also “censure or reprimand a judge publicly.”

It’s not clear what experience Jackson brings to the role: He’s a gastrointestinal surgeon at Georgetown University Hospital, where he’s been chief of general surgery for almost a decade.

He may be an intelligent man, but he’s not a lawyer.

But Ketanji Brown Jackson just maneuvered a family member into a sweetheart job that holds massive leverage over the cases that could come before the High Court.

If you were a judge in the D.C. area, subject to CJDT, would you do anything to risk offending the court’s most liberal justice, when her husband could fire you?

That’s scandal number one.

But Mark Paoletta, a fellow at the Center for American Renewal and former Trump administration general counsel who drew attention to the appointment, said the case seems like it’s fraught with penchant for abuse on multiple levels.

When asked if he had any conflict of interest, Dr. Jackson said no, because “not being a lawyer, I would never have a firm that would be represented in front of a judge that was being discussed in front of the commission.”

But as a well-respected surgeon, Mr. Jackson’s offered—and has been paid for—his expert medical opinion in court cases. It’s possible “for a law firm/company (that pays him) and that firm is in fact before a judge who may be (or will be) in front of the commission he sits on,” Paoletta pointed out.

Would you rule against a lawyer who once paid Jackson, if you know he could reprimand or fire you? “This seems like a massive conflict of interest,” said Sean Davis, editor of The Federalist.

 

That’s scandal number two.

Plus, cases in which he’s been paid for his testimony could be in the D.C. circuit. We don’t know, because Ketanji Brown Jackson didn’t disclose a lot of the information.

KBJ “reported on 2022 form that he received fees for ‘consulting on medical malpractice cases’ but failed to specify which years, as required by law,” said Paoletta.

That’s scandal number three.

Despite the judicial strikeout, left-wingers still think she’s ethically clean, while claiming Justices Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett have conflicts of interest because of their spouses.

“Just wondering how Republicans would react if Ketanji Brown Jackson’s husband texted Ron Klain 29 times railing against Republicans,” said MSNBC contributor Brian Tyler Cohen. “Do you think Fox News would ever stop talking about it? Do you think Republican leadership wouldn’t make it the biggest story in Washington?”

But even at least one “progressive” legal commentator thinks this is a bad idea.

“KBJ is, unfortunately, wading into an ethical quagmire of her own making as her husband stands nominated for a board overseeing other federal judges conduct. Can’t imagine what makes anyone think this is a time for something like that,” said leftist legal eagle Noah Dahl.

 

But Dr. Jackson will not likely face any real fire, because he’s well-connected—on both sides of his family: Patrick Jackson is also related to Paul Ryan, the former Republican Speaker of the House and Mitt Romney’s running mate in 2012.

Patrick Jackson’s twin is Ryan’s brother-in-law. Patrick Jackson’s brother, William Jackson, is married to Dana Little, whose sister Janna Little is married to Paul Ryan.

Ryan posted his congratulations when the lightly qualified, intellectually unimpressive judge got confirmed to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. “Janna and I are incredibly happy for Ketanji and her entire family,” said Ryan on Twitter. “My praise for Ketanji’s intellect, for her character, and for her integrity, is unequivocal.”

In fact, when Barack Obama appointed Jackson to a federal district court in 2012, Paul Ryan acted as her character witness.

Did Paul Ryan pull strings for Mr. Jackson, too?

 

Frank Holmes is a veteran journalist and an outspoken conservative that talks about the news that was in his weekly article, “On The Holmes Front.”

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Stephen is a U.S. Army veteran with over a decade of combined experience in political commentary, economics, and news.