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The confirmation of President Joe Biden’s nominee for a prestigious federal appeals court seat could be in jeopardy after he was grilled over his role representing an elite boarding school in a sexual assault case and a key Senate Democrat withheld his immediate support.
Former New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney, who has been nominated for the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals, faced tough questions about the case from Senate Judiciary Committee members during a hearing Wednesday.
“It was a pretty rough hearing, no question,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin told CNN after the hearing. “We’re going to take a closer look at his record.”
Delaney represented the New Hampshire boarding school St. Paul’s in a civil lawsuit brought against the school by the family of a student who had been sexually assaulted by another student. The…
