The Women Without InnocenceSenate hearing Monday was supposed to focus on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, but many Republican senators didn't feel like talking about that.
Instead, they often focussed on why information about potential Russian interference kept leaking to news outlets.
SEE ALSO: FBI director tries to help congressman understand how elections workLouisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy wanted to know, for example, whether former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper -- who testified alongside former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates -- had ever leaked information to the press.
Add Sen. Kennedy to the group of idiots with this "unclassified" gaffe.pic.twitter.com/COtKs1nreE
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) May 8, 2017
Clapper said he hasn't knowingly done so, then Kennedy tried to clarify.
"Classified or unclassified?" Kennedy asked.
"Well uh, unclassified is not -- is not leaking," Clapper said.
The room, as you can hear in the video, burst into laughter, as did the twittersphere.
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SEN. JOHN KENNEDY: Have you ever leaked classified or unclassified information?
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 8, 2017
JAMES CLAPPER: Unclassified is not leaking.
ROOM: LOL
Kennedy has a law degree from the University of Virginia, but, hey, we all can't be prepared for work 100 percent of the time.
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