Kevin Gafford Ritz testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM GOP Senators Accuse 6th Circuit Nominee of Prosecutorial Misconduct
Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and his GOP colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee raised a case Kevin Gafford Ritz handled in which a public defender accused the then-assistant U.S. attorney of making misrepresentations to a defense attorney to elicit a guilty plea.
April 17, 2024 at 02:40 PM
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Republican senators on Wednesday accused U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit nominee Kevin Gafford Ritz of acting unethically in his role as a federal prosecutor in Tennessee, allegations that Ritz consistently denied throughout his partisan confirmation hearing.
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