President Donald Trump’s latest nominee to the appellate court regarded as the second-highest court in the land will testify on Wednesday at his confirmation hearing during which senators may appear virtually in a nod to coronavirus precautions.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear from Justin Walker, a federal district judge who’s nominated to the the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
A protege of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) who’s already been through one successful confirmation last fall, Walker is expected to move through the Republican-led chamber a second time despite Democratic opposition.
The hearing ...
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