WASHINGTON – The Senate late Wednesday voted to verify Jerry Blackwell, the legal professional who was tapped to prosecute the Derek Chauvin situation, as Minnesota’s newest federal judge. Blackwell, 60, made a decision to give up a 35-12 months vocation as a profitable company attorney to provide a life time appointment on the US District Court for the District of Minnesota, which hears all federal cases in the point out. The bipartisan vote to verify Blackwell was 51-43, with all Democrats present and 5 Republican senators — Roy Blunt of Missouri, Sue Collins of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Charles Grassley of Iowa and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voting…