Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin knocked down a claim on Tuesday that Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson once referred to former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “war criminals” in a legal filing.

After returning from recess on Tuesday, Durbin sought to clarify that Jackson filed several habeas petitions against the United States that named Bush and Rumsfeld in a brief advocating for individuals alleging they were tortured.

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