Overview
- The Senate Judiciary Committee held a 12-10 party-line redo vote Thursday after a Democratic walkout last week voided the initial tally.
- Pirro has served as acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. since May and would become the permanent officeholder upon Senate confirmation.
- Democratic senators, led by Dick Durbin, questioned her impartiality over past remarks about January 6 defendants and election fraud.
- Sen. Mike Lee reported that paid protesters from Free DC repeatedly disrupted the hearing, underscoring activist involvement in the process.
- In the same session, Republicans advanced other Trump administration picks, including Erik Siebert for the Eastern District of Virginia.