WASHINGTON – Kurt Wall’s confirmation to become prosecutor for the federal district based in Baton Rouge was put on hold as part of a broader partisan fight between Senate Democrats and Republicans.

Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, of Illinois, objected to a Republican request to unanimously confirm 10 U.S. attorneys that have cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee but still are awaiting a confirmation vote by the full Senate.

One of those nominees was Wall, who President Donald Trump picked for U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Louisiana. He cleared committee on July 24 .

Durbin, the highest-ranking Democrat on the GOP-majority Judiciary Committee, said Vice President JD Vance did the same thing when he was a senator during the Democratic Biden administration.

In recent days, Du

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