'You're unwilling to answer': Sen. Blumenthal presses Trump judicial nominee over 2020 election
Democrats press Trump judicial nominees during Senate hearings on 2020 election and Jan. 6, testing their independence and loyalty.
- During her Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing on Thursday, Judge Anna St. John refused to acknowledge President Joe Biden won the 2020 election or label January 6, 2021, an attack on the Capitol.
- President Donald Trump pardoned nearly 1,600 individuals on Inauguration Day, prompting the dismissal of seditious-conspiracy charges against Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes; St. John previously approved the pardon-related outcome as a district judge.
- Federal Judge Amit Mehta lamented the dismissal, stating it "diminishes the gravity of that day," while Senator Richard Blumenthal and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joined a dozen former prosecutors in condemning the dismissal of the last individuals held for the Capitol riot.
- Whitehouse criticized the "anti-weaponization" fund as rewarding individuals who attacked law enforcement, arguing, "You have to bend the knee to Trump politically in order to get access to jobs."
- Blumenthal argued that judges "must be able to speak truth to power," warning that refusal to acknowledge factual events risks democratic stability and judicial impartiality in future Capitol-related cases.
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Blumenthal Slams Federal Judicial Nominee Over Refusal To Acknowledge Jan. 6 Riots Or 2020 Election Outcome
The event was streamed live from the White House grounds before the Senate Judiciary Committee considered the nomination of Anna St. John to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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Times of India'You're unwilling to answer': Sen. Blumenthal presses Trump judicial nominee over 2020 election
At today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) questioned Anna St. John, nominee to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit.
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