Fox's first appearance — A group of House Republicans is calling on President Biden to withdraw a controversial nominee with ties to sympathizers of the 9/11 hijackers.
In a letter obtained by Fox News Digital, a group of 10 Republican lawmakers representing districts covered by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals said that judicial candidates who have drawn heavy criticism from lawmakers over affiliation issues A letter was sent to the President regarding Mr. Adeel Abdullah Mangi.
The “grave concerns” raised by Pennsylvania Chief of Staff Guy Reschenthaler and nine colleagues from Pennsylvania and New Jersey are based on the “serious concerns'' raised by Mangi, who served on the Security Center's advisory board, from 2019 to 2023. dating back to 2013. , Race, Rights, Rutgers Law School.
In their letter, the lawmakers said the center “has a deep history of amplifying anti-Semitic speech, terrorist propaganda, and anti-American rhetoric.”
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Adeel Abdullah Mangi (Getty Images)
“During its tenure as a board member, the center supported efforts to delegitimize the state of Israel by promoting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and calling for resistance in Palestine,” they said. is writing.
“In 2021, the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey said one of the center’s events would “delegitimize Israel and force their anti-Semitic policies into mainstream discourse.” He said it was aimed at The Jewish News Center and others labeled the center's 2021 event as a “pro-Hamas” and “webinar that whitewashes terrorists.” ”
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Additionally, the center has a history of sympathizing with extremist terrorist organizations, the lawmakers said.
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Adeel Abdullah Mangi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Getty Images)
On the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the center sponsored an event titled “Whose Story? 20 Years After September 11, 2001.” Lawmakers said the event challenged the “exceptionalization” of the attacks and included speakers with ties to terrorist organizations.
Republicans informed the president that Sami al-Arian, a convicted felon who supported Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), would be a featured speaker. At the event, Al-Arian blamed the 9/11 attacks on the United States and its support for Israel.
“As the government knows, PIJ is a foreign terrorist organization and was responsible for the atrocities committed against Israel on October 7, 2023,” they wrote.
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Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call, via Getty Images)
The lawmakers continued: “While Mr. Mangi’s affiliation with and financial support for the Center is concerning, it is also deeply concerning that Mr. Mangi has not condemned the Center and its extremist ideology. There is,” he claimed.
“Mangi was given ample opportunity to denounce examples of anti-Semitic rhetoric espoused by the Center on multiple occasions before the Senate Judiciary Committee,” they said.
“He failed to do so in each written response and oral testimony to the committee.”
Mangi advanced from the committee on an 11-10 party-line vote. His nomination will now be put to a vote in the full Senate.
Mangi, a New Jersey resident and partner at the law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, has been hailed by Democrats as a potential candidate to become the nation's first Muslim-American federal appellate judge.
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“Mr. Mangi is a distinguished figure in the New Jersey legal community,” Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey said in a statement. It speaks volumes that this can only be surpassed by an unwavering commitment to excellence.” .
White House Press Secretary Andrew Bates told Fox News Digital that he is “deeply proud” that President Biden has nominated Mangi, calling him “a person who has lived up to the American dream and lived up to the Constitution and the law.” “A lawyer of undisputed qualifications and experience who is dedicated to control.”
He called the Republican criticism a “vile and unconscionable smear,” adding that the criticism has been “discredited by the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee, the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, and many other organizations.” ” he pointed out.
Bates accused Republican lawmakers of applying a “religious litmus test” to target Mangi's Islamic faith, which he said is “prohibited” by the Constitution.
