This story has been updated to include information about a protest against Darin Smith’s nomination — Ed. The U.S. Senate is poised to vote Monday to confirm Darin Smith as U.S. Attorney for Wyoming. Smith, a Jan. 6 marcher, is under fire for allegedly prejudicing a Wyoming grand jury earlie r this year. Serving as interim U.S. Attorney after being appointed by former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Smith was endorsed by the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote late last year. He is the top federal law enforcement officer in the state and served briefly as a state senator. Democrats on the Judiciary Committee called him a MAGA loyalist and Jan. 6 marcher. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, said Smith is “an individual who has no background, none whatsoever, when it comes to criminal or federal court experience.” Smith, for his part, has said he sought to encourage marchers to “back the blue” as “agitators” pushed down barricades, according to an interview he gave to Cowboy State Daily at the time. Wyoming’s congressional delegation has backed Smith. Since the Judiciary Committee and delegation endorsements, however, the candidate has run into more trouble. Six defendants named in felony indictments claimed in April that Smith prejudiced a grand jury to the point that the charges against them must be dropped. The purported misconduct occurred when Smith allegedly called the six defendants “murderers” in front of the jury and before a judge had entered the room. A seventh defendant added to the misconduct allegations in May. Smith’s nomination has stirred some grassroots opposition as well. A protest of his nomination is scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday at Riverton City Park. Public defenders allege that Smith in April told the grand jurors that “every case” they would consider that day “involves bad people,” according to the defendants’ motions.Smith would serve four years if the Senate approves his nomination. The Senate’s Executive Calendar did not list a time for the vote. The post Senate to vote on Darin Smith for Wyoming’s US Attorney amid misconduct allegations appeared first on WyoFile . ...read more read less