A group of Senate Republicans has pledged to block the fast-tracking of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees in response to the Biden administration’s “persecution” of former President Donald Trump. 

The group, led by Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), also includes Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Eric Schmitt (R-MO).

The senators wrote in a statement on Thursday that they “will not permit the fast-tracking of nominees who have suggested the Trump prosecutions were reasonable, endorsed President Trump’s guilt in these sham proceedings, joined or supported organizations that celebrated the indictment of President Trump, supported the ‘get-Trump’ candidacy of Alvin Bragg, or supported lawfare or censorship in other ways.”

“While it is not our intent to bring any single nominee into disrepute, if our rights are challenged on the floor of the U.S. Senate, we will prosecute a forceful public case using all the tools at our disposal,” they added.

Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels last month. 

The senators say the pledge will last until Election Day, “when the American people will have the opportunity to decisively reject attempts to settle political disputes through the legal system.”

The senators’ hold applies to dozens of nominees, according to a press release, including: 

• Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, nominated to be the U.S. representative to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

• Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), nominated to be representative to the General Assembly of the United Nations.

• Surgeon General Vivek Murphy, nominated to be U.S. representative on the Board of the World Health Organization.

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The statement is intended as a “complement” to a May 31 pledge by a group of Republican senators to oppose any increase to nonsecurity-related funding, “any appropriations bill which funds partisan lawfare,” and “expedited consideration and passage of Democrat legislation or authorities that are not directly relevant to the safety of the American people.”

“We need to fight back against the weaponization of government against political opposition,” Vance wrote in a post on X on Thursday. “I’m proud to stand with a number of my Republican senate colleagues and do just that.”