WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned judicial nominees during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Durbin first questioned Justin Smith, nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, about the 2020 presidential election. Mr. Smith is a President Trump loyalist and election denier. In 2020, he signed an amicus brief in Texas v. Pennsylvania, seeking to overturn the results of the election.
"Will you acknowledge that President Trump lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden?" Durbin asked.
Mr. Smith refused to answer the question.
"Who won the popular vote in the 2020 presid...