Biden Court Pick Rejects GOP Senator’s Claims About Background

A Mississippi trial court selection disputed a home-state Republican senator’s concerns about his record that she says prevents her support, blocking his nomination from advancing.

In a letter to Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi, Scott Colom pushed back on her comments this month that he received “significant support” from prominent liberal donor George Soros during his district attorney campaign and opposed “legislation to protect female athletes.”

“You raised some concerns about my record in your statement, and since we did not have a chance to discuss those issues during our interview, I wanted to follow up,” Colom said in the ...