Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) recommended President Joe Biden pick a since-confirmed federal judge after pocketing campaign cash from her father and his law firm colleagues, records show.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Casey were vocal supporters of then-Pennsylvania chief magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick to sit on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, a spot she assumed in February after scrutiny from Senate Republicans over what they perceived as her soft-on-crime record. But Casey’s ties to Mehalchick are nothing new. The senator received tens of thousands of dollars over the years from attorneys at the Scranton-based Lenahan & Dempsey P.C. law firm, in which her father George Mehalchick, who has also donated to Casey, has practiced since 1989, according to campaign finance disclosures.
The cash transfers dating back
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