Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has threatened to block the swift confirmation of federal prosecutors, Politico reported.

Durbin announced he would put a hold on Jason Reding Quiñones’ nomination for U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, slowing his confirmation. The Trump administration has yet to confirm a nominee for U.S. attorney in the Senate, Politico said.

The Illinois senator was doing the same thing Vice President JD Vance did when he represented Ohio in the Senate. Vance put a hold on President Joe Biden’s U.S. attorney nominees to protest the Justice Department’s indictment of now-President Donald Trump.

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