Senator Patty Murray Statement on Pete Serrano’s Nomination for U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Washington

Washington, D.C. - In response to Pete Serrano's nomination for U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Washington, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) has issued the following statement.

"Pete Serrano is not qualified to serve as U.S. Attorney and his extreme right-wing views are completely out of touch with the priorities of Washington state. His record hasn't changed-he tried to rewrite the history of the violent January 6th insurrection and sides with anti-abortion extremists.

"Let's be clear about what a sham this is: after federal judges declined to appoint Serrano in Eastern Washington, this administration invented a workaround to install him anyway. Now they want to permanently install Serrano in the Western District. When the federal judges in the Western District appointed a highly qualified prosecutor unanimously-this President fired him within an hour for no cause.

"The people of Washington state deserve a serious U.S. Attorney who will follow the law, not a political loyalist who thinks the law is whatever the President says it is. I will be using every tool I have to block this nomination."

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