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The White House is not taking immoderate cues from Republicans who person advised President Biden to retreat a arguable judicial nomination.
Instead, it's digging successful its heels to lobby Democratic senators to support Adeel Mangi for nan 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.
A White House charismatic updated Fox News Digital connected nan position of Mangi's nomination, which has been scrutinized complete his ties to 2 groups, 1 accused of antisemitism and different that has supported "cop killers," arsenic Republican critics person alleged.
Biden is not considering withdrawing nan judicial information contempt a telephone from Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
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President Biden is digging successful his heels and not backpedaling connected arguable judicial nominee Adeel Mangi. (Getty Images)
Mangi served connected nan committee of advisers for nan Rutgers University Center for Security, Race and Rights (CSRR) from 2019 to 2023. The halfway has been accused by Republicans of antisemitism owed to its sponsored events and speakers. One specified arena was held connected nan 20th day of nan Sept. 11, 2001, violent attacks and featured arguable speakers for illustration Hatem Bazian, who successful 2004 called for an "intifada," according to video from an anti-war protestation successful San Francisco, and Sami Al-Arian.
In 2006, Al-Arian pleaded blameworthy to "conspiring to supply services to nan Palestinian Islamic Jihad," according to nan Justice Department.
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Noura Erakat, who had antecedently been advertised arsenic a panelist for a abstracted arena alongside Hamas commandant Ghazi Hamad, was besides hosted astatine a CSRR event.
The Alliance of Families for Justice (AFJ), whose founding committee member, Kathy Boudin, pleaded blameworthy to nan felony execution of 2 constabulary officers successful 1981 aft they died pursuing an armored motortruck robbery, features Mangi arsenic a existent advisory committee member. The robbery was carried retired by Boudin's group, nan Weather Underground Organization, which was recognized arsenic a home violent statement by the FBI.
Neither nan CSRR nor AFJ provided comments to Fox News Digital.
Mangi is tied to groups accused of being antisemitic and anti-law enforcement. (Getty Images )
As unit has been applied by Republican lawmakers and an advertisement run from Judicial Crisis Network targets susceptible Senate Democrats, Biden's nominee has begun to suffer support from his party. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., person travel retired publically against Mangi, citing his AFJ affiliation.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has besides analyzable nan information by claiming he won't support anyone who can't garner astatine slightest 1 Republican supporter.
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"The guidance to Adeel Mangi — successful and extracurricular nan Senate — is increasing by nan day," a spokesperson for nan Senate Judiciary Republicans told Fox News Digital successful a statement.
"It’s clear nan mathematics is not location for nan White House," nan connection added, calling Biden's determination not to retreat Mangi's information "puzzling indeed."
White House spokesperson Andrew Bates pushed backmost successful a connection to Fox News Digital.
"President Biden is proud to person chosen Adeel Mangi," he said, calling Mangi "an extraordinarily qualified nominee" and noting he "would make history connected nan bench" arsenic nan first Muslim successful specified a position.
Cortez Masto said she won't support Mangi. (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, and nan remainder of nan Senate should broadside pinch what makes America nan top federation connected Earth and support him, not cave to vicious, undignified attempts to resistance America into nan past," Bates added.
White House main of unit Jeff Zients, White House Director of Legislative Affairs Shuwanza Goff, Deputy Assistant to nan President and Deputy Director of nan Office of Legislative Affairs Ali Nouri, White House Counsel Ed Siskel and White House elder counsel successful complaint of nominations Phil Brest, proceed to property senators to support Mangi, who would beryllium nan first Muslim national appellate tribunal judge, a White House charismatic revealed.
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Through these officials, nan White House is persisting and pushing backmost connected nan concerns complete Mangi's 2 group affiliations successful question, telling senators they are mendacious and a smear campaign. They are besides reiterating to lawmakers that nan nominee is qualified for nan role.
Senate Judiciary Chariman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., will besides support up unit connected his colleagues to support Mangi and disregard what he besides considers to beryllium a smear campaign.
"The curen of this nominee earlier nan Senate Judiciary Committee has reached a caller debased successful galore ways," he said successful a caller reside connected nan enclosure floor, insinuating Mangi's position arsenic a Muslim is nan logic for guidance to his confirmation.
Durbin is continuing to push Mangi's confirmation. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
If Biden does not retreat Mangi's information and it is not scheduled for a confirmation ballot successful 2024, nan information will expire connected its own. In this case, he would request to beryllium nominated again successful nan adjacent Congress.
The information has not yet been scheduled for a ballot by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who has noted his ain support for Mangi but hasn't fixed immoderate denotation whether he plans to schedule a vote.
Republican strategist Ron Bonjean, a erstwhile spokesperson to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and erstwhile main of unit of nan Senate Republican Conference, said it was "unlikely" Mangi's information survives a Senate confirmation.
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"The White House has not put up an fierce defense of Mangi, which is really sending my connection that he should retreat [on] his own," said Bonjean, who besides ran communications for nan Senate confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. "Unless nan Biden management changes its strategy, nan Mangi information is dormant successful nan water."
Mangi did not supply remark to Fox News Digital.
Julia Johnson is simply a authorities writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, starring sum of nan U.S. Senate. She was antecedently a authorities newsman astatine nan Washington Examiner.
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