This is the stupid stuff that pisses me off! As an attorney and possible judge, he should know that 5 miles over the speed limit is "being charged with a crime!"
Also, he "takes responsibility" How? What did he do to make up for it? Just saying I take responsibility for something...means nothing!!!!!!!!!

"Mathis, primarily a civil litigation attorney in Memphis who was nominated by Biden in November, said he took responsibility for the citations. But the nominee said he felt he had "embarrassed" his family.
"I highly regret that I'm in this situation," he said. "I can assure the committee I am a law-abiding citizen. I've never been arrested. I've never been charged for the crime."

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CNN legal analyst knocks GOP senator over remark on Biden nominee

CNN legal analyst Laura Coates slammed Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Wednesday after the lawmaker made controversial remarks about one of President Biden's judicial nominees, Andre Mathis, who is Black. During Mathis's Senate Judiciary C