On Thursday, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, the only black Republican member of the Senate, announced he would oppose President Donald Trump’s controversial nomination of conservative lawyer Thomas Farr to the federal judiciary. In a written statement, Scott said he was moved to opposition after reading a 1991 Justice Department memo that “shed new light on Mr. Farr’s activities.” That memo, published by the Washington Post this week, shows that Farr was involved in former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms’ 1990 re-election campaign, which was accused of trying to intimidate black voters in the state.
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