The U.S. Marshals Service "unexpectedly received information about the president’s nominee that caused it to determine that she required the protection of a security detail, and to request that she stay at a hotel with appropriate security features," according to a new Office of Legal Counsel memo.
February 19, 2021 at 05:20 PM
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A newly released opinion by the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel reveals how the U.S. Marshals Service responded to a security threat against Justice Sonia Sotomayor during her U.S. Supreme Court nomination hearings in 2009.
The opinion justified the U.S. government’s use of an “unanticipated needs” fund to pay the security-related hotel expenses of the then-Supreme Court nominee.
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Sonia Sotomayor testifies in 2009 at her confirmation hearing. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/National Law Journal
