The White House has nominated judicial nominee Adeel Mangi, even though several Democratic senators have expressed concerns about the candidate’s organizational ties and cast doubt on his chances of garnering enough votes. He is running a campaign to endorse him, pushing back against claims that he is anti-Semitic or opposed to law enforcement. .
White House officials say Biden’s team continues to press senators to confirm Mangi, who is nominated to be a judge on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, and that attacks on him are false. He dismisses it as such. The officials said White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, White House Legislative Affairs Director Schwanza Goff and Deputy President Trump are focusing on lobbying senators to support candidates. They include aides, acting Legislative Affairs Director Ali Nouri, and White House Counsel. Ed Siskel and White House Senior Advisor for Appointments Phil Brest.
“Some Senate Republicans and their radical allies have persistently smeared Adeel Mangi with baseless accusations that he is anti-police,” Zients said in a statement to Fox News Digital. Ta.
President Biden (left) and Adeel Mangi. (Getty Images)
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“This couldn’t be further from the truth, and more than a dozen people support Mr. Mangi,” he said, pointing to renewed support for Mr. Mangi from three former New Jersey attorneys general and two former U.S. attorneys. Law enforcement agencies agree.” The state is joined by the International Association of Law Enforcement Officers, the New Jersey Italian American Police Association and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.
“The Senate must confirm Mr. Mangi without delay,” Zients said.
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Mangi’s previous role on the advisory board of the Center for Security, Race, and Rights (CSRR) at Rutgers University has put him in the spotlight for anti-Semitism allegations, and the likelihood of his confirmation remains high. It’s been a tough week. The center has sponsored events including the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which featured controversial speakers such as Hatem Bazian, who called for an “intifada” in 2004. This was revealed in a video from an anti-war demonstration in 2016. San Francisco and Sami al-Arian pleaded guilty in 2006 to “conspiring to provide services to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad,” according to the Department of Justice.
CSRR also hosted the event with Noura Erakat, who was previously promoted as a panelist for another event along with Hamas commander Ghazi Hamad.
Mangi’s confirmation may not receive enough votes to pass the Senate. (Getty Images)
Mangi has also been accused of disobeying law enforcement due to his current role as an advisory board member for Families Alliance for Justice (AFJ). Kathy Boudin, a founding director of the alliance, pleaded guilty to the felony charge in 1981 in which two police officers were killed during a robbery of an armored truck. 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.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told Fox News Digital: “It’s no surprise that Mr. Mangi’s record has divided Senate Democrats, and the White House has acknowledged its error and announced that Mr. Mangi has He should withdraw his nomination and nominate a candidate who can gain support in his place.” Broad bipartisan support. ”
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said Mangi is “completely unqualified to serve as an appellate judge because of his well-known ties to this extremist organization that supports terrorists and cop killers.” Stated.
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President Biden’s White House has previously called criticism of Mangi a “malicious, debunking smear campaign” prompted by his potential to become the first Muslim appellate judge. I was repulsed.
The Judicial Republican Party investigated Mangi’s ties to the group last year and had already sounded the alarm about Biden’s selection, but Democratic senators are also likely to agree with the president’s selection.
But after recent reports showed that Biden had been privately warned that he might not have the votes needed to confirm Mangi, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Democrat of Nevada, The congressman identified himself as one of the members of Congress who contacted the White House with his concerns.
The senator previously confirmed his stance on Fox News Digital’s nominees, citing his ties to AFJ.
Several other Democratic senators recently declined to say whether they would support Mangi.
Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-Virginia) office confirmed to Fox News Digital that he also intends to vote against Biden’s nomination.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (R-Nev.) said she has concerns about Mangi’s nomination. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images | Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Cortez Masto and Manchin were recently joined by Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen, who said in a statement that “Given the concerns we have heard from Nevada law enforcement, we have decided to endorse this nominee.” “I have no plans to vote,” he said.
The law firm where Mangi is a partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, did not comment to FOX News Digital.
Losing Democratic support is a concern for Mangi’s confirmation prospects, given the narrow 51-49 Senate vote that favors Democratic caucuses.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (RS.C.) last week called on Mr. Biden to withdraw the nomination, but now Republicans are stepping up their campaign against Mr. Mangi’s confirmation.
“The White House cannot defend Adeel Mangi’s record,” said Sen. John Kennedy. They are launching personal attacks.” the Republican Party of Louisiana said in a statement.
He added that “it is not Islamophobic for a senator to admit” that a candidate does not meet the qualifications.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (RS.C.) asked President Biden to decline the nomination. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Now even his own Democratic Party is in revolt.” [Biden]” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, said in a statement, attributing the president’s “pressure on radical, anti-Israel candidates.”
On Thursday, Senate Judiciary Republicans revealed three more law enforcement groups oppose Biden’s choice, bringing the total to 17. The Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police, the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5, and the Pennsylvania State Police Association wrote a joint letter to the majority leader. Chuck Schumer, D.N.Y. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Attorney General Dick Durbin, Illinois Ranking Member Graham. and Pennsylvania Sens. Bob Casey and John Fetterman, both Democrats.
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The court Mr. Mangi was appointed to serve is located in Philadelphia.
The Pennsylvania-based group said the letter was on behalf of more than 40,000 senators who are asking the Senate to “reject” Mangi’s nomination because of his affiliation with AFJ.
