Posted on 12/15/2022 3:12:30 PM PST by Olog-hai
One of President Biden’s judicial nominees is stuck in the Senate Judiciary Committee because the judge prosecuted an alleged Chinese spy, prompting at least one Senate Democrat to worry that this prosecution reflected “anti-Asian” racism, three Senate aides told Fox News Digital.
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, is stalling the confirmation process for attorney Casey Arrowood, a former Obama-era prosecutor at the Justice Department and Biden’s nominee for U.S. attorney to the Eastern District of Tennessee, the aides said. Arrowood led the prosecution of a case as part of the Trump-era “China Initiative” at the DOJ, which was disbanded earlier this year.
Hirono’s office declined to comment to Fox News Digital on the senator’s alleged opposition to Arrowood, as did a spokesperson for Democrats on the committee. But Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., who backs the nomination, said she is also aware that opposition from the Democrat side of the aisle is what is stalling it.
Blackburn said it is a “shame” that Democrats are stonewalling Arrowood’s “well-qualified” appointment for “prosecuting a potential CCP spy.” …
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Almost incredible.
But I’m sure it’s not because the senator is sold out to the communist Chinese. /s
All of Biden’s nominees are like he found them at the cracker factory on the happy farm.
“Hate has a home here” yard sign.
‘Arrowood led the prosecution of a case as part of the Trump-era “China Initiative” at the DOJ, which was disbanded earlier this year.’
I guess the CCP is no longer a threat. Either that, of ‘The Big Guy’ is earning his 10%.
Hirono...the Senate’s answer to Sheila Jackson Lee. Dumb as a stump.
These wouldn’t be the same Democrats who support making it next to impossible for Asian kids to go to top universities?
She is just seeking headlines. What a worthless POS she is.
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