The White House maintained support for a judicial nominee under pressure over his representation of a prep school in litigation with a student victim of sex assault.
Republicans have joined progressive and sexual violence awareness groups in pushing back on Michael Delaney’s nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit for his handling of the case that eventually settled. Critics have focused on a Delaney motion during proceedings for the then-teenage victim to shed her anonymity.
“The White House has the utmost respect for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors, and expects Senators to take Mr. Delaney’s ...
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