
A group of Senate Republicans has pledged to block the fast-tracking of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees in response to the Biden administration’s “persecution” of former President Donald Trump.
The group, led by Sen. J.D. Vance (R‑OH), also includes Sens. Mike Lee (R‑UT), Bill Hagerty (R‑TN), Roger Marshall (R‑KS), Tommy Tuberville (R‑AL), and Eric Schmitt (R‑MO).
The senators wrote in a statement on Thursday that they “will not permit the fast-tracking of nominees who have suggested the Trump prosecutions were reasonable, endorsed President Trump’s guilt in these sham proceedings, joined or supported organizations that celebrated the indictment of President Trump, supported the ‘get-Trump’ candidacy of Alvin Bragg, or supported lawfare or censorship in other ways.”
“While it is not our intent to bring any single nominee into disrepute, if our rights are challenged on the floor of the U.S. Senate, we will prosecute a forceful public case using all the tools at our disposal,” they added.
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