A former prosecutor and law partner who made a case for indicting Hillary Clinton over her use of an unclassified email server while secretary of state was confirmed Wednesday to the federal bench.
The Senate voted 55 to 43 to approve Kenneth Bell, a partner at McGuireWoods, for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, which includes Charlotte.
Also confirmed to lifetime district judgeships were District of Utah nominee Howard Nielson, an attorney who took litigation positions opposed to LGBT rights; Eastern District of Missouri nominee Stephen Clark, a former director of an anti-abortion ...
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