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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.