When you have a judicial nominee whose name has been put forward by the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation and by someone who has been named in open court as directing other criminal activity, in the event that those criminal investigations should ultimately come before the Court and the nominee of that subject and that named co-conspirator is then on the Court, it is fair to say, is it not, that the question of recusal is a very live and legitimate issue?
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Senator Whitehouse raises concerns about judicial nominees linked to ongoing criminal investigations.
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