The White House has not received any direction from Republican lawmakers who advised President Biden to withdraw his controversial attorney general nomination.
Instead, he is lobbying Democratic senators to support Adeel Mangi on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.
White House officials updated Fox News Digital on Mangi’s nomination status, citing groups accused of anti-Semitism and supporting “cop killers,” as Republican critics claim. The company is under scrutiny over its relationship with two organizations.
Biden is not considering withdrawing his judicial nomination, despite calls from Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham, R.S.C.
Biden also struck a similar legal aid deal, slamming Trump.
President Biden is standing his ground and not backing down from controversial judicial nominee Adeel Mangi. (Getty Images)
Mr. Mangi served on the advisory board of the Center for Safety, Race, and Rights (CSRR) at Rutgers University from 2019 to 2023. The center has been accused by Republicans of anti-Semitism for the events it hosts and the speakers it hosts. One such event was held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to a video of an anti-war demonstration in San Francisco, and was held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, with many people like Hatem Bazian calling for an “intifada” in 2004. A controversial speaker appeared. And Sami Al-Arian.
According to the Justice Department, al-Arian pleaded guilty in 2006 to “conspiring to provide services to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.”
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Noura Erakat, who was previously touted as a panelist at another event alongside Hamas commander Ghazi Hamad, also moderated the CSRR event.
Kathy Boudin, a founding director of Families Alliance for Justice (AFJ), who pleaded guilty to a felony charge in 1981 for the deaths of two police officers after robbing an armored truck, Mangi is a current advisory board member. . The robbery was carried out by Boudin’s group, the Weather Underground organization, which has been designated a domestic terrorist organization by the FBI.
Neither CSRR nor AFJ provided comment to Fox News Digital.
Mangi has ties to groups accused of being anti-Semitic and anti-law enforcement. (Getty Images)
Biden has begun to lose support from his party as pressure from Republicans and a Judicial Crisis Network ad campaign targets vulnerable Senate Democrats. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., have publicly expressed opposition to Mangi because of his affiliation with AFJ.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-Virginia) has also complicated the nomination by insisting he won’t support anyone who doesn’t get at least one Republican.
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A spokesperson for the Senate Judiciary Republicans told FOX News Digital in a statement: “Opposition to Adeel Mangi is growing day by day, both inside and outside the Senate.”
“It is clear that the White House is not doing the math right,” the statement added, calling Biden’s decision not to withdraw Mangi’s nomination “truly puzzling.”
White House Press Secretary Andrew Bates pushed back in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“President Biden is proud to have chosen Adeel Mangi,” he said, calling Mangi “an extremely qualified candidate” and the first Muslim to hold such a position. It will make history.”
Cortez Masto said he does not support Manzi. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images I Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved Mr. Mangi’s nomination. The rest of the Senate should stand with Mr. Mangi on the side of what makes America the greatest nation on earth and hold America back in the past.” We should not succumb to malicious and undignified attempts to intrude on us,” Bates added. .
Jeff Zients, Chief of Staff to the President, Schwanza Goff, Chief of Staff and Director of Legislative Affairs Ali Nouri, Advisor to the President Ed Siskel, Advisor to the President Phil Brest, Senior Advisor for Appointments Phil Brest, First Muslim Commonwealth White House officials have said they are continuing to pressure senators to support Mangi, who will become an appeals court judge.
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The White House, through these officials, has persistently pushed back on concerns about Mangi’s affiliation with the two groups in question, telling senators they are false and a smear campaign. They also repeatedly insist to lawmakers that their candidates are qualified for the role.
Senate Judiciary Secretary Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) also supports Mangi and will continue to press his colleagues to reject what he considers defamatory conduct.
“The treatment of this nominee in the Senate Judiciary Committee has been subpar on many counts,” he said in a recent floor speech, adding that Mangi’s status as a Muslim precludes confirmation. hinted that it was the reason.
Mr. Durbin continues to seek Mr. Mangi’s approval. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
If Biden does not withdraw Mangi’s nomination and no confirmation vote is scheduled for 2024, the nomination will lapse on its own. In this case, he would need to be renominated in the next Congress.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (New York) has not yet scheduled a vote on the nomination, and although Schumer himself has expressed support for Mangi, he has not yet announced whether he plans to vote. There is no mention of anything.
Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist and former press secretary for Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and chief of staff for the Senate Republican Conference, said it was “unlikely” that Mangi’s nomination would survive Senate confirmation. Stated.
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“While the White House has not actively defended Mr. Mangi, it is actually sending a message that Mr. Mangi should be removed.” [on] “Unless the Biden administration changes its strategy, Mangi’s nomination will be in vain,” said Bonjean, who also served as spokesperson for the Senate confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Mangi did not comment to Fox News Digital.
