Third Senate Democrat Comes Out Against Biden s Controversial Judicial Nominee

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D., Nev.) on Wednesday became the third Democrat in the Senate to come out against Adeel Mangi, President Joe Biden s controversial nominee to serve as a federal appeals court judge. 

Rosen joined Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D., Nev.) and Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) in opposing Mangi, a Muslim-American lawyer and nominee to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, according to NBC News. Mangi is seeking the Senate s confirmation but has faced pushback in recent months from Senate Republicans due to his affiliation with anti-cop and anti-Israel groups.  

“Given the concerns I ve heard from law enforcement in Nevada, I am not planning to vote to confirm this nominee,” Rosen said in a statement Wednesday.

White House chief of staff Jeff Zients denounced the backlash against Mangi in a statement to NBC. “Some Senate Republicans and their extreme allies are relentlessly smearing Adeel Mangi with baseless accusations that he is anti-police,” Zients said. “That could not be further from the truth, and the close-to-a-dozen law enforcement organizations that have endorsed him agree.”

via freebeacon.com