Ill., questioned U.S. attorney general nominee Pam Bondi in a confirmation hearing Wednesday held by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Sen. Dick Durbin grills Trump's AG nominee, Pam Bondi, about her election denialism
Senator Dick Durbin criticizes FBI nominee Kash Patel's qualifications
In a speech Wednesday on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, outlined how Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
Durbin a hard no on FBI nominee Patel after one-on-one meeting
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said the former Trump administration official had “neither the experience, the judgment or the temperament” to lead federal law enforcement.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing for President Donald Trump's nomination for FBI director, Kash Patel, next week, says the panel's top Democrat, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin. Durbin says the hearing will be Jan. 29, according to the news website Politico.
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'Dumbfounded': Durbin criticizes Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi in thread on XSen. Dick Durbin expressed doubts about U.S. Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi in a series of posts on X Friday morning.
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Trump’s AG Pick Pam Bondi Ducks Senate Democrat’s Question About Trump Losing 2020 ElectionSen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) grilled Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General, about her representation of the incoming president and his persistent denials that he lost the 2020 election at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
Senator Dick Durbin criticizes President Donald Trump's executive actions targeting immigrants and pardoning Capitol insurrection participants.
“To my knowledge, Donald Trump has never acknowledged the legal results of the 2020 election," Durbin said. "Are you prepared to say today, under oath, without reservation, that Donald Trump lost the presidential contest to Joe Biden in 2020?”
There has been sharp reaction on Tuesday to the decision by President Donald Trump to pardon 1,500 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol four years ago.
Trump won’t be on the ballot in 2028, though, and some of the newest Democratic stars are doing things differently. Take Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., who has won two races in a red-leaning state: He voted for stricter detention policies for undocumented immigrants last week but has also led the charge on voting rights and weakening the filibuster.
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Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin Says Biden Was Wrong For Issuing Preemptive PardonsDemocratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said Tuesday on CNN that former President Joe Biden was wrong to issue last-minute preemptive pardons just before his term ended. Minutes before President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday,
President-elect Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Capitol Rotunda Monday as his first act as president.
President Joe Biden’s last days in the White House were packed with a series of policy decisions aimed at cementing his legacy and, in some cases, blocking President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda.
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