Durbin Condemns President Trump's January 6 Pardons As More Rioters Continue To Commit Heinous Crimes

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered an opening statement during today’s Senate Judiciary Committee executive business meeting. He began by commenting on the Trump Administration’s judicial nominees who received a “Not Qualified” rating from the American Bar Association (ABA). Durbin then condemned President Trump’s blanket pardon of the January 6 rioters, some of whom have gone on to commit additional heinous crimes.Durbin first commented on the tradition of ABA ratings, noting that Committee Republicans no longer require one for a judicial nominee to receive consideration. He said, “For the first time in decades… we decided we do not care what the American Bar Association finds out when they interviewed o