Local News in Brief : Countywide : Sen. Wilson Critical of Ginsburg Situation
U.S. Sen. Pete Wilson (R-Calif.), speaking to members of the bipartisan County Club, said Monday that there has been an erosion of confidence in the White House among his GOP colleagues as a result of Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg withdrawing himself from consideration for the U.S. Supreme Court.
“That’s a gentle way of putting it,” Wilson said at a luncheon attended by about 50 County Club members at the Pacific Club in Newport Beach. “Some of us have expressed in clear terms our dissatisfaction with the performance on several scores.”
Ginsburg withdrew his name from consideration Saturday after he admitted smoking marijuana on several occasions in the 1960s and ‘70s.
Wilson laid most of the blame for the debacle, which has seriously embarrassed President Reagan, on Ginsburg. “It’s clear that if no one else knew the facts, he did,” Wilson said of the judge.
But he also faulted the FBI for failing to turn up relevant facts in Ginsburg’s past.
“Obviously, very poor background work was done,” Wilson said.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
