Controversial left-wing Biden judicial nominee Adeel Mangi is facing new obstacles to becoming confirmed after a new report this week revealed that he served on the board of a legal organization that defended notorious cop killers.
The Free Beacon reported that Mangi served on the board at the Legal Aid Society, which says its board of directors “provide crucial guidance that strengthens” it’s legal work.
Mangi’s nomination is in serious peril as multiple Democrat senators have signaled that they will not vote for him due to accusations that he faces, including anti-Semitism, having connections to an organization that featured pro-terrorist speakers, and showing an “anti-victim and anti-police” bias in his legal work.
Mangi served on the Legal Aid Society’s board from December 2016 until November 2021, the report said. During that time, the group represented a Black Liberation Army duo who murdered a pair of New York City police officers in 1971.
The group secured parole for one of the killers while keeping the other killer from having his parole revoked, the report said.
Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim murdered two New York City police officers in May 1971 after baiting them into a trap with a fake 911 call. Several months later, they murdered a San Francisco police officer inside a police station.
Republican senators have highlighted activity that occurred at the Center for Security, Race, and Rights at Rutgers Law School while Mangi served on the group’s advisory board from 2019 to 2023. They found that the center co-sponsored a symposium on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 that featured a panelist who pled guilty to providing support for Islamic jihadists and another panelist who publicly called for an intifada in the U.S.
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Multiple law enforcement groups have come out in opposition to Mangi, saying that his work shows strong bias against law enforcement and the victims of crime.
Some of the law enforcement groups that oppose Mangi include the Rockland County Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, Inc.; National Association of Police Organizations, Inc.; National Sheriffs’ Association; State Troopers NCO Association of New Jersey, Inc.; New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association, Inc.; Sergeants Benevolent Association of the New York City Police Department; National Troopers Coalition; Association of Former New Jersey State Troopers, Inc.; Police Conference of New York; Massachusetts Coalition of Police; Las Vegas Police Protective Association Metro, Inc.; Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police; Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5; Pennsylvania State Troopers Association; Phoenix Law Enforcement Association; Police Chiefs Association of Rockland County; and the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers.