Biden Nominee’s Past Catches Up During Senate Confirmation – 1 Choice Set Up an 11-Year-Old’s Murder

The Senate failed to confirm one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees after learning that he released a criminal on bail who later went on to murder an 11-year-old child.

According to Fox News, Biden had nominated Judge Todd Edelman to serve on the U.S. District Court of Washington, D.C. He currently serves on the district’s Superior Court.

During his time on the Superior Court, Edelman presided over the case of Christian Wingfield, who was in ⛓️Prison awaiting trial for illegal possession of a firearm. Wingfield was released on bail and went on to be involved in the murder of 11-year-old Devon McNeal in July of 2020.

According to WUSA, in June of this year, Wingfield was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in ⛓️Prison with five years of supervised release.

During the confirmation hearing, Edelman defended his decision to release Wingfield, saying that illegal gun possession was a “non-violent” offense and was not the one who fired the gun that killed McNeal.

Despite the defense, a vote to advance Edelman’s nomination to the full Senate never took place, meaning that his nomination will expire at the end of the 117th Congress.

In a statement to Fox