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Mr Carrick had previously appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court via video link, where he spoke only to confirm his name and age and no pleas were entered.

Some downballot results seem to confirm this anti-incumbent fervor: Voters in California, for example, tossed out the progressive L.A. prosecutor George Gascón, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, and Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao.

She urged her fellow senators not to confirm him.

A police spokesperson told AFP that they could "confirm that there is a body in front of the Supreme Court", but offered no further details.

The New York Times’ Ezra Klein may be correct that Gaetz is a sacrificial nominee—meant for Senate Republicans to shoot down so they have more political leeway to confirm other nominees who are extreme but not so off-the-wall.