Dick Durbin, the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee this week announced he is halting the confirmation of Trump US Attorney nominee for the Southern District of Florida.
Durbin blamed Vice President JD Vance as he announced he is putting a hold on the nomination of Jason Reding Quiñones.
“Because of then-Senator JD Vance holding US Attorney nominations during the Biden Administration, there is now a new precedent for roll call votes on the Floor for confirming U.S. Attorney nominees,” Durbin said in a statement. “As I’ve said time and time again—there cannot be one set of rules for Republicans and another set for Democrats.”
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley responded to Durbin’s attacks.
“Make no mistake: the ‘precedent’ the Ranking Member claims then-Senator Vance set does not exist,” Grassley said in a statement, according to CNN. “Vance’s holds were limited to a small number of U.S. Attorney nominees in the latter half of the Biden administration. Placing a blanket hold on all U.S. Attorney nominees before the Trump administration has filled even a single one of the 93 Attorneys’ Offices would constitute an aggressive, unprecedented attack on the American criminal justice system.”
CNN reported:
A new battle