Feinstein Asks to Be Temporarily Replaced on Senate Judiciary Committee Amid Calls for Resignation

Feinstein Asks to Be Temporarily Replaced on Senate Judiciary Committee Amid Calls for Resignation
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 16, 2020. Tom Williams/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Lawrence Wilson
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has asked to be temporarily replaced on the Judiciary Committee as she continues her recovery from shingles, but hasn’t heeded calls for her resignation.

Feinstein, 89, was diagnosed in late February and has been absent from the Senate since then.