The committee’s top Democrat said Phil Williams would help legitimize the Trump administration’s claims of election fraud, pointing to the nominee’s past remarks comparing the prosecution of Capitol rioters to the Salem witch trials.
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced President Donald Trump’s nominee to become a U.S. attorney in Alabama, rising above complaints from Democrats that he was a “sympathizer” of rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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