Monaco approved by U.S. Senate panel for deputy attorney general nominee
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly approved President Joe Biden’s nominee, Lisa Monaco, to serve as Deputy Attorney General, paving the way for her to receive a confirmation vote on the Senate floor.
Republicans signalled, at the same time, that they would not be willing to support Biden’s associate attorney general nominee Vanita Gupta.
“Her public record is too extreme and her testimony hasn’t helped me contextualize it in any meaningful way,” Ranking Republican Charles Grassley said on Thursday.
Grassley called Monaco a “consummate professional.”
Debate on Gupta’s record is expected to continue before the panel proceeds to vote on her nomination.
Monaco previously served as the Assistant Attorney General for National Security from 2011 to 2013, and as the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department. In 2017, Monaco became a senior national security analyst for CNN.
