‘Nothing here but hot air’: Former colleague on Adeel Mangi smear campaign

Adeel Mangi, an accomplished attorney nominated by President Biden to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, is poised to make history as the first Muslim judge to serve on a federal appeals court. Highly regarded by his peers, Mangi received a "highly qualified" rating from the American Bar Association. But his nomination is now in peril due to a coordinated effort by Republican senators to smear him with baseless accusations of terrorism and antisemitism. His experience is not unlike Thurgood Marshall’s, the first Black Supreme Court Justice who also faced racist scrutiny, notes Gregory Diskant, who worked alongside both men. “My hope is one day members of the U.S. Senate will look back on their vote for the first Muslim-American to the Court of Appeals with the same pride that the Senate looked back on the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall,” Diskant, a colleague of Mangi’s and former law clerk to Marshall, tells host Ali Velshi.
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[@AnthonyReiter-zh5nr]

When asked about 9\11 he should have asked if the senator celebrated jan 6......

[@VoltisArt]

While gratifying, snark doesn't really say "I want to become a judge" outside of TV shows like Judge Judy...and she was already established as a judge before the show.

[@markbrunette4802]

What happened to separation of CHURCH & STATE!

[@andrewstevenson118]

Amen. And I say that as a Christian. Jesus believed in the separation of church and state. "Give to Caesar what's his and to God what's his." Mixing the church and the state is bad for both.

[@Beitownit]

x = ! 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@davelindstrom6005]

MAGAte Repugnican Trumpanzees happened.

[@Grandpa660]

We are a country of many religious beliefs. Diversity makes us stronger.

[@notfooled6232]

and religious beliefs make us delusional

[@PatriotsHateTheLeft46]

Diversity is poison

[@PatriotsHateTheLeft46]

No dei

[@winstonsmith6607]

Tell that to Mehdi Hasan

[@telebubba5527]

You have too many Christian 'beliefs'. And none of them hold any truth at all.

[@Longtack55]

Nominating a Judge based on that person's ability and historical behaviour should be the criteria. John Kennedy is embarrassing.

[@djang274]

shame on manchin, cortez masto, and rosen! vote them out!

[@micheleconner5083]

Manchin is leaving at end of this year. None too soon,either!

[@lynnrunningdeer7364]

Well one is soon to be gone and good riddance. That person would be Maserati manchin🤬.

[@NathanDean79]

Oh Joe Manchin is on the way out. He won’t win another election in West Virginia.

[@alanwatterson2850]

Another reason to dump Manchin.

[@hangender]

Shame on law enforcement

[@mile_high_topher]

How many amendments would they be violating by keeping a man off the bench because of his religion?

[@PatriotsHateTheLeft46]

None

[@richardwingert2827]

It's a violation of the equal rights amendment to do so

[@Mr.H-zu1jc]

@@PatriotsHateTheLeft46👈🏼 deep throats large vegetables and pretends they’re Obama

[@goodtroublemaker143]

It’s a violation everything America stands for.

[@cpaul9269]

1 too many.

[@irishphilly]

Thank you, Velshi, for your guest. Gregory Diskant: Clerking for Marshall & hiring Mangi? Not too shabby. You've out done yourself. Diskant calmly outlining facts & your exchange fascinating. I liked best Diskant's quiet praise of Adeel Mangi in court as 'dazzling'. Wow!

[@nolongerblocked6210]

The GOP & racism have always gone together, always has & always will

[@oscarwarren469]

Clarence ain't Thurgood Marshall...a bought boi in a Mans World.

[@larryhuston8433]

Uncle Thomas trying so hard to be a white billionaire.

[@allieversaid]

​@@larryhuston8433 I loved Samuel L. Jackson's portrayal of Clarence Thomas in Django Unchained. Bravo! Nailed it.

[@janiebuck2938]

Well said.

[@brenda8010]

And yet cannon is a judge....go figure 🤔🙄

[@PatriotsHateTheLeft46]

She's doing a good job

[@PatriotsHateTheLeft46]

You just want DEI

[@jaxcoss5790]

​@@PatriotsHateTheLeft46She is useless.

[@jaxcoss5790]

​@PatriotsHateTheLeft46 Yoy just want Klan members.

[@DonoVideoProductions]

​@@PatriotsHateTheLeft46How so?

[@bigbird2100]

Great video 👍 America will never grow as a free and fair nation until backward and bigoted politicians etc show intelligent approach to people of all faiths and culture's

[@therealdoug1000]

Regions bigotry has become the Republican brand.

[@TheSocratease]

Religious.😊

[@coreyham3753]

He certainly sounds like an excellent candidate for a judge position.

[@Lion-xm5xp]

Adeel Mangi, welcome to America. All Americans are not racist.

[@deartracrawford5712]

Wow, 😮😅

[@oscarwarren469]

Just enough

[@lindascott3973]

Unfortunately the loudest ones are.

[@MaybeTheyreBatman]

I really really really hope he gets in.

[@aaronleverton4221]

Ah, so you do not have the right to a vigourous legal defence in court if you are an accused cop killer? Must have missed that when I read the founding documents.

[@Wildcat221]

The people asking these questions need to be thrown out of congress. That’s just racist and disgusting.

[@JamesTKirkland]

Democratic party has always been racist and disgusting. Imagine you have an AG running in New York on I'm going to get Donald Trump not because he committed a crime but because he's too male to stale and too pale AKA to white.

[@konradyearwood5845]

This is where the UK system beats America. As a barrister you are assigned the cases through your firm. You may be prosecuting one week and then defending the next. As a result the UK does not have career prosecutors apart from those working in the equivalent of the DOJ for the time they are there and most of their cases are farmed out to the barrister operations. The result is often a more rounded person moving up to the bench.

[@PatriotsHateTheLeft46]

Sorry but all of these questions are fair

[@PatriotsHateTheLeft46]

Just because you have citizenship doesn't necessarily make you American

[@Wildcat221]

@@PatriotsHateTheLeft46 Good lord … that is quite literally what being a citizen means. You weren’t valedictorian were you?

[@lzrd8460]

CAN REPS GET ANY MORE DETESTABLE? Rhetorical question, of course! 😡😡😡 Vote BLUE, please. 🙏🙏

[@spidalack]

Republicans: Hold my beer

[@op3129]

these are senators (vs House of Represenatives ... aka "reps")

[@jaroleva]

There are Democratic Senators who oppose his nomination.

[@lindascott3973]

​@@jarolevaare they smearing him based on his faith or origin?

[@jaroleva]

​@@lindascott3973Solely based on the fact he is Muslim. The questioning was beyond insulting. Absolutely disgraceful.

[@beachbum6781]

Yet DJT can appoint Aileen Cannon with 8 trials and 10 other unqualified judges, to lifetime appointments.

[@kirstenthomson9170]

A gentleman. Thank you Mr Diskant.

[@McLKeith]

Every one has the right to legal representation, even those who are accused of murdering a police officer. It should not be a mark on a lawyer’s record for providing such representation.

[@jlighter1]

Key word: accused. As so many seem to selectively recall, accused is not convicted, and one is innocent until one is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

[@lindascott3973]

One of our Founding Fathers represented British soldiers accused of firing on a crowd in Boston. Then went on to help author our Declaration of Independence and thr Constitution and was one of our first presidents. John Adams. The Rule of Law is what makes America great.

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

Freedom of Religion *ASTERISK*

[@flowerpower1272]

😢 when will immigrants be American enough?

[@lzrd8460]

If they are not white enough, NEVER!

[@PatriotsHateTheLeft46]

Never!!!!!

[@moseskpakor7427]

When they Make America Great Again, and Make America Pray Again, and lastly when they SELL and BUY Bibles Again😂😢😅

[@TheSocratease]

"Patriots" that are *ssholes. But the outcry when their racism is pointed out to them.

[@LahainaStrong444]

​@@moseskpakor7427sarcasm

[@pcaristotle]

Make a list of the Senators who have publicly made racist or whatever phobic statements. Let new voters know the ilk of those coming up for reelection.

[@loredanawilkerson6899]

Thank you for this sane video showing how far down the wrong road many in Congress have come. The solution is to vote them out.

[@channarosenblatt8197]

Thank you for this report.

[@eladlutz]

Great content, facts, and interview.

[@marcusvachon845]

Whenever I think about prejudice thoughts and actions, I get sad because I don't understand when it will stop. Then I realize that xenophobia will always exist in some form or fashion. This is why we can't never stop working to close whatever chasm that may exist between two separate groups. This understanding takes away that sadness.

[@winstonsmith6607]

This network fired Mehdi Hasan and gaslighted their audience about aGenocide. This network is the problem.

[@sandraelliott6982]

Diversity makes us a better country because it is always good to find things u didn’t know and how different people see different things !!’ If we were all the same wouldn’t this be a very dull world

[@mickeywood3012]

Unfortunately, some congresspersons still have to grow up to recognize how lucky "We, the People" are. In other countries, you're defined by your wealth. In America, VALUES are supposed to be our greatest trait. "We are a land of the free unless you have scardy cats as your leaders.

[@annchristine47]

When one hears an American like Mr Diskent speak with such humanity and integrity,it renews my faith in America,for a moment. America is a basket case.Who would have thought someone like a psychopath (Trump)could be President again!

[@liberalshaveitallbackwards4667]

You are in a cult

[@DonoVideoProductions]

​@@liberalshaveitallbackwards4667Ah, little maga. You're projecting again.

[@lindascott3973]

He won't be. We won't give into his fear mongering and threats of violence.

[@liberalshaveitallbackwards4667]

@@lindascott3973 Hahahahahahaaaaaa! Show us all on the doll where Trump hurt you.

[@mariafelix310]

Vote.2024.🌏😇🙏💙💙💙💙👍

[@jacquelineboateng3339]

Explaining Mr. Mangi case was excellent! 💗💕❤️😍🥰

[@rogerpicklum1871]

Lincoln wants the brand back.

[@michaelaloesch5016]

The truth shall set you free💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@bensehon8253]

As an Atheist, I condemn anyone who bases their hate on someone's religion its anyone's fundamental right to believe in whatever they want as long as they don't force their believes on others or hurt others in in the name of their beliefs

[@Omikoshi78]

Clarence Thomas set any hope of racial equality by decades if not centuries.

[@anitadees4223]

When Thurgood Marshall retired from the SCOTUS, the Bush family was looking for a black man who hated black people to replace him. They needed someone who wasn't too smart, somebody they could manipulate. They found Clarence Thomas.

[@ellenbenson7895]

Just as some desperate women end up defending themselves, and even killing their perpetrators, so too do some who are the victims of racism and police brutality - and this must be considered when law enforcement do not give the full context to the defense of those who represent the victims of abuse of power by police.

[@PatriotsHateTheLeft46]

Thug lover

[@johnkelsch221]

If humans had been intelligent enough to worship Mother Earth instead of phony gods, would the planet be in a death spiral right now?

[@PatriotsHateTheLeft46]

Lol talk about overreaction

[@PatriotsHateTheLeft46]

The planet is fine

[@edtremblay6694]

I agree totally. How much less war and destruction would we have without religion?

[@liberalshaveitallbackwards4667]

If only Trump were still President and the border was secure and we didn't have all these wars.

[@PatriotsHateTheLeft46]

​@@liberalshaveitallbackwards4667 Ain't that the truth

[@smokeykitty6023]

Will we ever learn?!

[@cpaul9269]

It's not really looking too good, is it? Sigh.....

[@acilicia]

Are these the people saluting the Jan 6 militia?

[@robsandypeterson2428]

Ali, thanks so much for this,,I posted to FB and X.

[@BrattyBetty]

White Nationalists evangelist hair is on 🔥

[@user-kp8tx6zv4r]

The GOP is the gift that keeps destroying. How does the GOP keep coming up with crap?

[@reidpinchback8850]

How? Easy. If they can't find an available excuse, they just manufacture a new conspiracy out of whole cloth.

[@annealderson6805]

Your country is appalling please ask judge mungo to come back to the UK

[@swoondrones]

I would've moved to Europe, where people can think autonomously.

[@MileHile]

The federal judiciary needs more judges who have successfully practiced various types of law, are respected and supported by their colleagues, and are in good standing w/the American Bar Association. Any Senator who voted to approve nominees such as Florida's DC Judge Cannon and/or Texas’ DC Judge Kasmerik and are now refusing to approve this eminently more qualified judicial nominee needs a CTJ w/their Senate colleagues to rectify their previous wrongs.

[@janradtke8318]

Swine grunt and squeak. It is what they do.

[@gaiaiulia]

The Republicans? I agree

[@mamia9659]

Don’t Americans get tired of all this discord…..

[@DonoVideoProductions]

Oh yes, we're tired of it. But as with COVID, we have to stay vigilant and continue to protect ourselves.

[@janethickey5162]

Look to the Supreme Court - and use the same criteria for judging whether or not THEY can make impartial rulings on behalf of a nation.

[@user-kn7hm5kd2q]

To have such a closed mind only means that someone else will always know something that you don't!

[@renafielding945]

I am an entrenched resident of a wonderful community of almost 100%republicans. I am not Republican. We get along very well thank you. We are so country we wonder if WE are real Americans. We sort of don’t expect anything much from government down here in this holler. But if any of us needs anything we are all listening but not on cellphones because there’s no internet or cell service out here.

[@catherinewilliams9680]

Last time I checked, the constitution specifically forbids religious requirements or discrimination for federal positions- elected or appointed.

[@gjd1942]

Great discussion!

[@lgsprings5623]

There's a reason they call the Third Circus Court of Appeals.

[@lesvoguer3756]

I am getting so sick of this add for the msnbc app, I will stop watching msnbc for the near future

[@missd369]

All the ads on YT are SO LOUD. I gave up using headphones because my eardrums have been blasted too many times. At least this ad is at the end of the video.

[@edwinrivera4735]

Here in Nevada we don't have a choice, none of our Senators or Reps get primarried. They are Democrats (or I should say Republi-crats) but they are awful.

[@journeyman378]

Every American has the right to a vigorous criminal defense.

[@switchmuso]

Did he ever tie up the segment well! Just beautiful.

[@user-ed9qr1uj6f]

How can you take a oath to the Constitutional law on the king James bible & uphold constitutional law in access to the court??

[@Joe-Dead]

you can choose what you take the oath on fool or nothing at all. this is a secular nation with no national religion. swear on whatever you want or nothing at all.

[@gaiaiulia]

You can affirm if you don't follow a religion, and in Ireland, you can swear on the Holy Book of any religion if you follow one.

[@aaronleverton4221]

That's not how haiku works.

[@nadiaelayouby5842]

Who ever asking these question shows theirs ignorant about the Islamic religious of billions of people. In my opinion it it there ignorance not the Judge qualification.

[@ednathompson7185]

Being against candidates who have had histories of defending or commenting on those who could pose threats to america and its way of life and have never participated or carried out an illegal act or action, cannot be used as a reason for bar from consideration for a position because of our democracy that assumes innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.

[@jaroleva]

I was so disgusted by the gross disrespect and blatant racisim shown to Mangi by Committee Senators. It was beyond shameful. I hope President Biden takes the time to insure Mangi is appointed to the appellate court.

[@chelittle6433]

Quality in qualifying and just as important if not more important no politics no political affiliations the law is the law.

[@pamtuffield9385]

Are Republicans saying that anyone accused of killing a member of the police force isn’t entitled to a defence? I thought everyone was.

[@louisevad6091]

How come when the Redumblicans heels the senate they got their picks in

[@user-zo1si4le1r]

God. Are you all crazy. What did happen to truth? What did happen to honesty? What are become our senators and law enforcement?

[@mykofreder1682]

It's only a judgeship, don't nominate someone who can be framed anti-police or law, he is supposed to be a judge he should not be opposed to the judicial system.

[@joansmit5782]

Manchin? He’s a DINO…so just call him a GQPer and add him to their ranks.

[@xx8031]

"43"! - - "time is running out folks"! - So what, So what! - "Who cares"? - is this what we are? “Have Americans learned nothing”?

[@JamesTKirkland]

Yes we learned that the Democratic party has always been will be and probably always will be on the wrong side of History.

[@user-uh8oo3sd6c]

Yea ok

[@serraangel7465]

He is simply too tan for them.

[@liberalshaveitallbackwards4667]

Like Clarence Thomas?

[@serraangel7465]

@@liberalshaveitallbackwards4667 tan is too close to white for some. Black makes a clearer line.

[@andrewstevenson118]

Happy Easter everyone. 🙂

[@andrewstevenson118]

@@TheRealBlueValhalla Que?

[@andrewstevenson118]

@@TheRealBlueValhalla Ummm?

[@charlesbombaugh4014]

I WORKED IN A INNER CITY JEWISH HOSPITAL WITH OVER 11 INTERNS NAMED MOHAMID

[@philthai99]

Diversity is key to the US Advancement.

[@Madame702]

👍⭐

[@inepet1]

i am in australia and watch this rubbish daily hoping for your judges to use the law properly when he loses the election this will all start again he will yell rigged count against him vote blue

[@BJ-ld8vn]

AIPAC at work

[@Tola5657]

How nice too be from a country where it not politicians there pick the judge there like ... I also find it creazy when the usa media talk abut ir it a Trump judge or a Obama judges

[@user-bf7bj5in3s]

so another friend of crims ..... smh

[@vintageglee6406]

That is cool! Deleting comments that disagree with your position 👍🏻😂 Good job MSNBC

[@NathanDean79]

I think religion and religious thinking is on its way out. There will be a fight though. They gonna go down swinging.

[@user-db2kl8bj1j]

American is a CounTry of diverse NATIONALITIES.

[@anitadees4223]

Yes and MANY tribal identities.

[@jonnieinbangkok]

Is Manji a Sharia law scholar?

[@r.b.roberts9747]

Google please stop Ali Velshi from spamming You Tube viewers about the MSNBC app. This is very irksome. Since when spamming You Tube viewers has been okay? He has to stop but he won't unless Google or associated You Tube disallows this flagrant spamming. Thanks

[@louisevad6091]

These three are not democrats

[@pauldockree9915]

Nevada's current U.S Senators are Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto (serving since 2017) and Jacky Rosen (serving since 2019). Oh and West Virginia's Al most heave N Joe Manchin is fleeing Jim Just is. 😊 Nah. No need to comment. 😊 Shuri: Did he freeze? Okoye: Like an antelope in headlights. RIP Chadwick Boseman😢

[@jonnieinbangkok]

Sharia law scholar.

[@ArfArfBarkBark]

Why would anyone want to have a judge that SUPPPORTS a legal group defending cop killers? There's thousands of judges...pick again. Duh.

[@anitadees4223]

For the same reason decent people SUPPORT public defenders, because NOBODY is guilty until they plead guilty or until they are found guilty in a court of law, because everyone deserves competent legal representatives, an because even the best people with the best intentions MAKE MISTAKES.

[@peterharris8471]

Unlike religious people, I mistrust all religions equally. If you are an adult who allows mythology to run your life, I don't trust your judgement. No one should even know what a professional person's faith is. Keep that crap to yourself and you won't be judged for your idiocy.

[@andrewstevenson118]

Wow. Okay. Wow.

[@andrewstevenson118]

@@TheRealBlueValhalla Ta. You too. 🙂

[@Neimfeltrite]

Trump is a privilege hire.

[@woodstocknation1961]

Well it is MSNBC, nothing but HOT AIR😂

[@splitliving]

And yet, here you are….

[@antp1900]

We know what this is, so you agree with Trump being indictment, but you going against this guy.

[@karloladislaus45]

But you don't allow any attorney to defend Trump. Hypocrisy at its best

[@anitadees4223]

Trump has a veritable battalion of attorneys. He doesn't need any more of them. He just needs to pay them.

[@gyrene_asea4133]

Only tRump chose his attorneys. The failures at law are his fault. See 'ya.

[@MisterFire-sz9ez]

How much of that 5mil did your firm "earn" from winning that case?

[@anitadees4223]

Whatever the representation contact specified.

[@MisterFire-sz9ez]

@anitadees of this I have no doubt. Plus the feather in his cap can't be called macaroni. So the estate received less actual money than the reported settlement of 5 million. How much less is my question. 20%, 30%, more? Less? Have a bejeweled day.💎

[@applesauce1680]

Us Senators asked a Pakistani guy nominated by the Kenyan president some questions and the Canadian born in Nairobi does.not like it. Y'all make it way too easy for the American Don. 🗽

[@Gr8Pony]

That’s some smooth brain thinking right there. You should quit eating lead paint.

[@jaygibson5057]

Well Fani is done

[@anitadees4223]

What, other than deep seated racism and misogyny, inspires such a statement? Fani Willis is a fine attorney. Her personal life should not be anyone else's business. Would you want your sister or daughter questioned about her private life in a public forum? What would your wife say if she were questioned that way? Would you want to be mocked for being your daughter's father and for having an impressive list of accomplishments in a very competitive field? My grandmother always told me "What's good for the goose is good for the gander."

[@jaygibson5057]

@@anitadees4223 Just her RICO crimes

[@anitadees4223]

No, only two counts were dismissed on those could be cured by rewording some of the elements. Willis may or may not choose to do so or to add counts if new evidence comes to light. Even without them, RICO is applicable. Seriously, that "perfect phone call" was perfectly damning evidence. Taht Trump started talking that way without knowing Georgia law on recording phone calls boggles the mind. It's like diving head first into water without knowing what is below the surface. @@jaygibson5057

[@jasonlucas2328]

After seeing the violent protests in London and the judge with a Muslim background letting the protesters go free, I hesitate to agree with this nominee.

[@titleist7624]

How do you feel about the GOP nominee for the presidency of the United States calling convicted criminals for their actions on January 6, 2021 at US Capitol building HOSTAGES? Asking for a friend?

[@alanakafang6143]

​@@titleist7624they are hostages as the supreme court just determined on one case .. don't cry to much when they are let free.

[@titleist7624]

@@alanakafang6143 what is the color of the sky in your reality?

[@jasonlucas2328]

@@titleist7624 I know nobody in the Middle East, but after Palestinians and Israel have the war or whatever dispute they have, the US is dragged into it. I don't want to have a judge to put them in my neighborhood. I missed a flight and a meeting in Tokyo because a protest blocked the traffic. He may be a good judge, but I don't want to have anything to do with his clan.

[@alanakafang6143]

@@titleist7624 blue genius, seriously do you people think before you type?

[@virginiajune4812]

From what I understand he is not a good candidate for the position, his leadership in two groups is a bit nefarious and as we know evil creeps in , we do not need muslim infiltration into our government. He did celebrate at a special place that takes place on 9-11

[@JW30000]

Trump 2024

[@anitadees4223]

Trump is going to trial in April. After that, there will be more trials. he has no chance of beating all the charges against him. There is too much evidence.

[@Lion-xm5xp]

Adell you belong here in America.