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Channel GOP · Hearing · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Durbin presses Trump judicial nominee on defending a cop who arrested a 10-year-old

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Now playing on All Clips Durbin presses Trump judicial nominee on defending a cop who arrested a 10-year-old Sen. Dick Durbin367 plays Watch on Instagram · Transcript & source

At a Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing, Sen. Dick Durbin asked the nominee about his argument that an officer had probable cause to arrest a 10-year-old under Mississippi's indecent exposure statute for urinating in public. The court rejected it, saying a 10-year-old cannot have the required state of mind. Asked to comment, the nominee said his cases "only tell half the story" of his career.

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Who
Sen. Dick Durbin
Where
hearing - Senate Judiciary Committee, nomination of G. Todd Butler to the Fifth
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50 seconds, unedited within the cut
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367 on Instagram
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An officer arrested a 10 -year -old child. He argued that the officer had probable cause that this child violated the Mississippi indecent exposure statute for urinating in public. Thankfully the court rejected your argument because a 10 -year -old they believe cannot have of requisite state of mind to violate a statute. Would you like to comment on that defense? Thank you, Senator. I have defended a number of difficult 1983 cases over the years. Many of the cases do have difficult facts, but what I would say any of my work, any of my cases as an advocate only tell half the story of my career.

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