1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

I am beyond disappointed by your vote to confirm Harold “Hal”Mooty as a U.S. district judge in the Northern District of Alabama. From the media, "Mooty will join a growing faction of federal judges who have symbolically pledged their allegiance to Trump. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in September, Mooty made his ideological stances known by refusing to provide a direct answer as to who won the 2020 election." Yahoo News further quotes Mooty as saying: "I denounce any and all acts of violence against law enforcement and government officials; however, the characterization of the events of January 6 is subject to ongoing political debate.” Come on! You of course know well that January 6 was an attempted insurrection. To place someone on the judiciary who refuses to acknowledge this fact undermines the rule of law and demeans the Constitution. Why do you believe this conservative judge deserved to be appointed to the Northern District of Alabama given his unwillingness to acknowledge the infamy of January 6th?