However, much of Martin’s work has been criticized as anti-Semitic.
“Giving someone like him a platform, it’s not something I would do again,” Clarke told The Forward in January. “I unequivocally denounce anti-Semitism.”
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Garland, who is Jewish, dismissed Lee’s line of questioning, saying, "I'm a pretty good judge of what an anti-Semite is, and I do not believe that she is an anti-Semite. And I do not believe she is discriminatory in any sense."
Beatty’s backing of Clarke coincided with the Senate confirmation hearing for two of Biden’s other DOJ nominees — Vanita Gupta and Lisa Monaco.