A leading conservative legal group is planning an expensive play to save D.C. Circuit Court nominee Neomi Rao, whose path to confirmation has become increasingly uncertain due to new concerns over her record on abortion
Share on Twitter . The Judicial Crisis Network will launch a $500,000 ad buy across television, radio and digital platforms in Missouri next week to pressure freshman Republican Sen. Josh Hawley into supporting Rao, a former prosecutor President Donald Trump tapped last November to fill the seat on the powerful D.C. Circuit that Brett Kavanaugh vacated when he joined the Supreme Court.
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