Brett Kavanaugh had a hand as Starr’s associate counsel in that one, too. It smacks of pay-off to me.
I suppose it could. Then again, perhaps it isn’t.
If you’ve worked with someone before, it’s only normal for them to be on your mind if someone asks you who you think favorably of.
Just about every appointment or job slot is handed off to someone another person has thought favorably of.
I’m not trying to say you’re categorically are wrong. I’m just saying sometimes innocent things can have a somewhat sinister interpretation too, even if not true.