GOP Senator Tim Scott said today he would vote against one of Donald Trump’s most controversial appointments to the federal bench.  Scott and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) have announced they’ll oppose the appointment of Thomas Farr.  With two GOP Senators now in opposition, the nomination is all but doomed.  From The State:

“In a brief statement explaining his decision, Scott cited a 1991 Department of Justice memo that was leaked just this week, days before the Senate was set to vote on Farr’s confirmation. It detailed Farr’s involvement in “ballot security” activities by the 1984 and 1990 campaigns of then-Sen. Jesse Helms, R-North Carolina.

“Farr worked for the campaign in 1984 and represented the 1990 campaign as a lawyer.

“Helms’ 1990 re-election campaign against former Charlotte mayor Harvey Gantt, who is black, included charges of voter intimidation for postcards mailed to primarily black voters warning of possible arrest at the polls. The Department of Justice investigated the voter intimidation claims and settled with the Helms campaign in a consent decree.”

Farr was reportedly the coordinator of the ballot security program.