Muslim Judge Pick Mangi Blasts ‘Swamp’ That Sunk Nomination (1)

Adeel Mangi decried the “farcical attacks” he faced as a nominee to be the first Muslim federal circuit court judge, following a Senate deal that scuttled chances of a confirmation vote.

“American Muslims are part of this nation’s fabric and will not cower,” Mangi wrote in a letter Monday to President Joe Biden, obtained by Bloomberg Law. “This campaign was intended to make it intolerable for Muslims proud of their identity to serve this nation. It will fail.”

Mangi, a partner at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler in New York who is of Pakistani-descent, was nominated to the US ...