The Senate confirmed another of President Donald Trump’s district court nominees on Thursday with Democratic support while four others were cleared by the Judiciary Committee.
Clifton Corker, the president’s pick to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, was confirmed by the Republican-led chamber 55 to 39. Democrats Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, and Doug Jones of Alabama voted for him.
Corker’s a U.S. magistrate judge on the court to which he was confirmed, and previously worked as an attorney in private practice.
Earlier, the Judiciary Committee voted to clear four of Trump’s other ...
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