TOPEKA — Two of three Kansans nominated to the U.S. District Court were questioned Wednesday during a joint U.S. Senate confirmation hearing about their role in the August 2023 raid by law enforcement officers of the Marion County Record that prompted international condemnation for trampling constitutional rights to freedom of the press. Nominee Tony Mattivi, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, was asked about the KBI's part in the raid on the newspaper office and publisher's home that resulted in settlements of $3 million to address legal claims against Marion County.
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Media Coverage · April 20, 2026
Two Kansas federal judicial nominees faced Senate confirmation questions Wednesday about their ties to the August 2023 raid on the Marion County Record — a law enforcement action that drew international condemnation and cost Marion County $3 million in settlements. Tony Mattivi, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and one of the nominees, was pressed directly on the KBI's role in the raid, which targeted
newspaper Read articleTOPEKA — Two of three Kansans nominated to the U.S. District Court were questioned Wednesday during a joint U.S. Senate confirmation hearing about their role in the August 2023 raid by law enforcement officers of the Marion County Record that prompted international condemnation for trampling constitutional rights to freedom of the press. Nominee Tony Mattivi, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, was asked about the KBI's part in the raid on the newspaper office and publisher's home th
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Two Kansas federal judicial nominees faced Senate confirmation questions Wednesday about their ties to the August 2023 raid on the Marion County Record — a law enforcement action that drew international condemnation and cost Marion County $3 million in settlements. Tony Mattivi, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and one of the nominees, was pressed directly on the KBI's role in the raid, which targeted both the newspaper's office and its publisher's home. Senators are deciding whether the men who oversaw or participated in a raid widely condemned as a First Amendment violation should hold lifetime federal judgeships.
TOPEKA — Two of three Kansans nominated to the U.S. District Court were questioned Wednesday during a joint U.S. Senate confirmation hearing about their role in the August 2023 raid …
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