WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 05: U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) speaks alongside U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (C-CT) during a news conference about judicial nominees on Capitol Hill on August 05, 2026 in Washington, DC. Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee held the news conference to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's judicial nominees and their alleged belief that the January 6th insurrection was not as severe. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 05: U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) speaks alongside U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (C-CT) during a news conference about judicial nominees on Capitol Hill on August 05, 2026 in Washington, DC. Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee held the news conference to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's judicial nominees and their alleged belief that the January 6th insurrection was not as severe. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 05: U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) speaks alongside U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (C-CT) during a news conference about judicial nominees on Capitol Hill on August 05, 2026 in Washington, DC. Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee held the news conference to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's judicial nominees and their alleged belief that the January 6th insurrection was not as severe. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 05: U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (C-CT) speaks during a news conference about judicial nominees on Capitol Hill on August 05, 2026 in Washington, DC. Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee held the news conference to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's judicial nominees and their alleged belief that the January 6th insurrection was not as severe. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

US Vice President JD Vance (C) arrives during a congressional roundtable on anti-fraud initiatives in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on August 5, 2026. Also pictured, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller (L) and Andrew Ferguson, chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), (R). (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - AUGUST 4: President of basketball operations Mike Gansey of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the game between the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on August 4, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Phillies defeated the Nationals 5-0. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 04: President of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto of the Seattle Mariners speaks with media before the game against the Detroit Tigers at T-Mobile Park on August 04, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Kevin Ng/Getty Images)

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 04: President of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto of the Seattle Mariners speaks with media before the game against the Detroit Tigers at T-Mobile Park on August 04, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Kevin Ng/Getty Images)