Posted on 01/18/2018 5:26:35 PM PST by jazusamo
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is one of the most talked-about potential Democratic candidates for the White House in 2020. But she has also turned into a thorn in the side of the Department of Justice as she holds up one of DOJ's highest-profile postings.
The junior senator from New York plans to use her “blue-slip prerogative” to block the confirmation of Geoffrey S. Berman, if he is nominated by President Trump to be the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, Gillibrand spokesman Glen Caplin told Fox News.
Berman, 58, a former prosecutor in the office, has been appointed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions as the interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. The posting has jurisdiction over all businesses in Manhattan, including those of Trump and his family.
Gillibrand doesn't have an issue with Berman’s qualifications. Her objection lies with the man who nominated him and reports that Berman personally met with the president as part of the selection process.
“This is about President Trump,” Caplin said. "Senator Gillibrand believes U.S. attorneys work for the people they serve and must be independent from the White House.”
He called it a “cornerstone of our democracy” and said reports that Trump took the “unusual step of personally interviewing Berman are deeply disturbing, considering the conflicts of interest inherent by his potential jurisdiction on matters that could affect the president personally."
Caplin said that if the meeting between Trump and Berman occurred, as purported, it should be disqualifying.
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“Her objection lies with the man who nominated him and reports that Berman personally met with the president....”
How f***ing petty and spiteful can she get!!?
So does she tell the nominee, “Nothing personal, just business”?
At least she is a natural born citizen and eligible........
The way I read this is he didn’t block the blue slip for US Attorney, only judges but I could be wrong.
Grassley Will Not Allow Senators to Use ‘Blue Slip Courtesy’ to Block Trump’s Judicial Nominees
As long as President Trump’s team consults with both home-state senators for each nomination, Grassley indicated that he has been patient enough, and announced he will not allow any one senator to derail a judicial nomination merely by refusing to return a piece of blue paper to his office.
“I won’t let senators abuse the blue slip to block qualified nominees for political or ideological reasons,” Grassley declared.
Exactly...That blew me away when she said she has no objection to Berman, just meeting with President Trump.
Please, never an issue with any obama put up.
Time to end this circus. Our uniparty will let it continue.
What is she? An Antisemitic?
What does she have against Jews being judges?
Yep! Along the 16th & 17th amendments, the 19th Amendment is one of the primary factors in the dissolution of the former Constitutional Republic.
Te Senate Majority Leader has never been involved with ‘blue slips’. It’s a personal custom, not in the rules, by the Senate Judiciary Chair. Blue slips have never been binding one way or the other.
She has as many rocks in her head as Andrew Coumo has....neither one has a snowball’s chance in hell of winning.
President?
Don’t hold your breath dear - but feel free to bottle any and every nomination that comes forward. Smaller government by any means necessary.
Well, I concur. Which is why I don’t let my wife vote.
So.........you're saying there's still a chance !
McConnell should simply declare all blue slips a relic of arcane Senate culture.
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Right after he institutes the NUCLEAR OPTION.....
Now you can hold your breath twice waiting for the same idiot to do something and SHOW that the R’s hold House, Senate & Presidency.
Gillibrand has yet to produce even a single piece of legislation which is not some fluff “womens’ rights” or some such piece. She is a waste of air and rather stupid. Not fit for the White House. Not fit for the Senate either, but there she is.
LOL. Good one!
The “blue slip” BS is tradition, NOT law.
Pray everyone. . .for a righteous judiciary and that the Lord will put to flight anyone who stands in the way.
Hilarious that both she and Cuomo think they have any traction outside of NY.
Hasn’t McTurtle already stated that the “blue slips” would not be taken into account? Let’s see if he meant it.
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