WASHINGTON, Oct 12 — The US Senate Judiciary Committee today opened its four-day confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett in what the panel’s chairman predicted would be a “contentious week,” as Republicans seek to approve her ahead of the...
Monday, 12 Oct 2020 09:36 PM MYT
Barrett sat at a table facing the senators wearing a black face mask. Her husband and seven children sat behind her, also wearing protective masks, as the hearing got underway. As a result of health concerns prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, not all the senators will participate in person. Those present in the hearing room on Capitol Hill, which will include Barrett and her family, will be socially distanced and follow other guidelines.
Barrett is expected to tell senators that as a judge she seeks to “reach the result required by the law, whatever my own preferences might be,” according to a copy of her prepared remarks released yesterday.
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