The controversial Biden pick was confirmed by the Senate to oversee the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division with a vote along partisan lines.
Kristen Clarke, an attorney tapped by President Joe Biden for a directorship at the Department of Justice, testifies before the the Senate Judiciary Committee last month. (Image via Courthouse News)
WASHINGTON (CN) — Civil rights attorney Kristen Clarke was confirmed Tuesday as an assistant attorney general to oversee the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. She is the first woman and woman of color to lead the division since its founding in 1957.
The vote was split 51-48 mostly along party lines, with Senator Susan Collins of Maine being the only Republican in favor of Clarke’s confirmation.