VANITA GUPTA CONFIRMED AS ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY U.S. SENATE

Highlights

• Gupta was voted 51-49 as Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski decided against her party colleagues to vote in favor of her

• Murkowski said “I asked her point-black, ‘Why do you want this? Is this worth it?’ Because this has clearly been very hard on her as nominee.”

Indian-American Vanita Gupta has been confirmed as associate attorney general by the United States Senate....