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A high-ranking Democratic leader delivered a scathing response to two of President Donald Trump's federal judicial nominees during a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) told judicial nominees Matthew A. Schwartz, a third Trump personal attorney who the president has nominated to a circuit court seat, and former Solicitor General of Ohio Benjamin Flowers that he was disappointed in them when they did not clearly respond to his questions about the Capitol attacks on Jan. 6, 2021.

"Was the Capitol attacked on January 6?" Blumenthal asked....

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) is employing a tactic previously used by the GOP as he holds up the confirmation process for one of President Donald Trump U.S. attorney nominees, according to Politico.

The ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee announced this week that he was putting a hold on Jason Reding Quiñones's nomination for the Southern District of Florida, and might do the same with other Trump nominees.

"In doing so, Durbin would create a procedural hurdle that would likely slow Quiñones’ confirmation at a time when the Trump administration has yet to confirm any U.S. attorney nominees in the Senate," the article said....