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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsApril Perry's bid to be Chicago's first female top federal prosecutor to end, J.D Vance Blocked the appointment
President Joe Biden intends to end his bid to make April Perry the first woman to serve as Chicagos top federal prosecutor by instead turning to a priority of his and nominating her for a lifetime role as a district court judge, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.
The White House on Wednesday will officially announce Bidens intention to nominate Perry to be a U.S. District Court judge for the Northern District of Illinois. When Biden makes his nomination, he will have to withdraw his previous nomination of Perry to be U.S. attorney here. For months, the effort to confirm Perry was stalled by Sen. J.D. Vance, a Republican from Ohio who said he was blocking her confirmation to protest the federal prosecution of Donald Trump.
That means the search must begin all over again for a successor to former Chicago U.S. Attorney John Lausch, who left office in March 2023. Given the upcoming presidential election in November and that U.S. attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president a new nominee for one of Illinois most powerful posts might not be named until 2025 by the elections winner.
That could lead to one of the longest vacancies in the history of the office.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/04/23/april-perry-us-attorney-stalled-bid-jd-vance-joe-biden
GenThePerservering
(1,840 posts)that's about the maturity level of this protest.
Mopar151
(9,999 posts)And leave the rest of us out of it.
mahina
(17,701 posts)Irony had no comment
yorkster
(1,506 posts)And get rid of these damn holds.