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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, expressed concern Monday over the possible nomination of Chad Meredith, a conservative, anti-abortion attorney whom President Joe Biden had planned to name to a Kentucky judicial vacancy.

President Joe Biden had planned to nominate a conservative, anti-abortion attorney to a new vacancy in the Eastern District of Kentucky the same week the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ruled to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion, according to newly released emails in response to a public records request.

Former President Donald Trump nearly replaced the attorney general with a U.S. Department of Justice attorney willing to go along with his push to overturn the election after the department's senior leadership repeatedly rebuffed his false allegations of election fraud, former officials told the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol on Thursday.

The Senate unanimously approved $19.4 million in supplemental funding for Supreme Court security just a week after President Joe Biden signed into law expanded protections for justices' family members, amid concerns about security following the leak of a draft opinion that would overturn the longstanding precedent of Roe v. Wade.

Former President Donald Trump and his allies relentlessly pressured officials in swing states to overturn election results, a significant threat to the integrity and certification of the 2020 election that was thwarted by local officials who pushed back, according to public testimony Tuesday before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

President Joe Biden's nominees for the D.C. and Sixth Circuits appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, touting their diverse experience and qualifications in a relatively low-key hearing that featured limited questioning from senators on the panel.

Former Vice President Mike Pence faced relentless pressure from Donald Trump and an attorney advising the then-president to block the electoral count in Congress and overturn the 2020 election results, according to testimony Thursday at a hearing of the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol may seek an interview with Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, amid new revelations about her contact with a lawyer at the center of the panel's investigation, according to multiple reports Thursday.

An attempt by two Democratic senators to pass legislation to protect judges' personal information online failed Thursday as Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., objected to the bill if it did not include his proposed amendment adding similar protections for those in Congress.

Former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and other U.S. Department of Justice officials from the Trump administration agreed to testify before the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a letter sent to the committee Friday.