Senators grill Biden judicial nominee over transgender inmate transfer request despite sex crimes convictions
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Republican Sens. John Kennedy and Ted Cruz grilled judicial nominee Sarah Netburn over her recommendation that a transgender female inmate be transferred to a female prison.
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"Miss Shelby said I don't want to go to a male prison. I want to go to a female prison," Kennedy told Netburn. "And the Board of Prisons said 'What planet did you parachute in from? You're going to a male prison with this kind of record.' And you sent him to a female prison, did you? You said that the Board of Prisons was trying to violate Ms Shelby, former Mr. McClain's, constitutional right, didn't you?"
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