Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans criticized a Biden nominee for the Virginia-based federal appeals court of over decisions granting bond and early release of defendants, despite her support from both of her GOP home-state senators.
Judiciary members Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) were among those who questioned US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit nominee DeAndrea Gist Benjamin over past criminal cases at a Tuesday hearing.
The lines of questioning are the latest example of Judiciary Republicans’ focus on criminal cases where they argue nominees have been too lenient. Among the cases that drew ...
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