During her nomination hearing to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, St. John refused to admit that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election or call January 6 an attack on the Capitol. Blumenthal said the focus should be on justice, not partisanship, politics, or loyalty to a public official. The pardon was approved by Judge Anna St. John, a presidential nominee serving as district judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Blumenthal expressed disappointment with her refusal to acknowledge “a simple truth that, in fact, the Capitol was attacked on January 6th, 2021.” “The riot was an attack on our democracy [and] an attempt to stop the peaceful transfer of power,” said Romano.