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December 20, 2021

Rahm Emanuel, Who Covered Up Police Killing of Laquan McDonald, Confirmed as Ambassador to Japan
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The Senate confirmed Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan overnight
Friday, despite vocal opposition from progressives and activists over
Emanuel's cover-up of the police killing of 17-year-old Laquan Mc Donald
while he was mayor of Chicago in 2014. Rahm Emanuel was among 41
ambassadors and nine federal district court judges confirmed early
Saturday morning, after months of obstruction led by Republican Senator
Ted Cruz. Cruz held up the process until the Senate agreed to vote on
his bill imposing sanctions over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which runs
from Russia to Germany. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said
Saturday lawmakers would debate and vote on the sanctions by
mid-January.


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