WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Andy Kim issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement after federal district judges in New Jersey appointed Robert Frazer to lead the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey:
"Since the White House's failure to name a capable U.S. Attorney nominee over 14 months has now had a detrimental impact on cases before our courts, the federal district judges in New Jersey have today exercised their lawful authority to appoint Robert Frazer, a long-time federal prosecutor, to lead the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey. While our repeated efforts to work with the President to appoint a qualified individual to the...