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Fox News By Brianna Herlihy 11/30/2022
GOP to grill Biden judicial nominees on Second Amendment, allowing ‘dangerous’ criminals out on bail
One nominee prosecuted woman for owning stun gun she used to defend herself against violent ex
Some of President Joe Biden's judicial nominees will face criticism from Republicans at today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for their track record of letting criminals out on bail and their legal theories on the Second Amendment.
Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., will preside over the hearing for six of Biden’s judicial nominees, just a handful of the dozens of nominees Democrats hope to confirm in the lame-duck Congress before the nominations expire next year. Several of these nominees are expected to get pushback from Republican lawmakers.
Judge Jonathan James Grey, who was nominated to the District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan, last year granted bail for a man charged with embezzling $2 million and who the government considered a flight risk because for his history of domestic violence, weapons use, a DUI conviction, and lying to and hiding from federal agents, according to a Republican committee aide. Another judge later reversed Grey’s decision and ordered the criminal to be detained while waiting for his trial.
In at least two other instances, Grey released "dangerous" defendants on bail, according to the aide.
A second nominee up today is Judge Ramon Reyes, who was nominated to the Eastern District of New York. Republicans say that on at least three occasions, Reyes ordered the release of criminals out on bail, only to have another judge reverse those decisions and put the criminals back behind bars while awaiting trial.
More: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-biden-judicial-nominees-second-amendment-dangerous-criminals-bail (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-biden-judicial-nominees-second-amendment-dangerous-criminals-bail)
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BFD! The vast majority will be approved regardless.