Trump Judicial Nominee Breaks Down in Tears at Judiciary Committee Hearing Over ABA Smears

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Republican senators are recommending that the White House counsel’s office no longer make judicial nominees available to the American Bar Association for evaluation after the group viciously smeared a Trump nominee in a clearly political letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday,  Judge Lawrence VanDyke broke down in tears trying to defend himself against the scurrilous allegations in the letter.

The ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary gave VanDyke, President Trump’s nominee to the Ninth Circuit, a rating of “Not Qualified,” despite his vast experience as an American lawyer and former Solicitor General of both Nevada and Montana.

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