Graham says he won't advance Trump nominee for SDNY prosecutor without Schumer, Gillibrand consent

Fox News ^ | June 20 2020 | Marisa Schultz

[knighthawk]

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Saturday he will not take up President Trump's nomination for a new U.S. attorney for Manhattan unless New York's Democratic senators sign off.

Graham, a Republican from South Carolina who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he will honor the "blue slip" tradition and require the consent of home state senators to proceed -- in this case, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.

Graham's statement signals an uphill climb for Trump to get a new Senate-confirmed federal prosecutor in one of the nation’s most high-profile districts. It comes hours after Attorney General Bill Barr made a Friday night announcement that Geoffrey Berman, the current U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, is stepping down.

[ek_hornbeck]

Not at all. He’s just back to his original, true self. Anyone who thought that his change in rhetoric during the Kavanaugh hearings was sincere or permanent was deluding himself. Graham was just worried of getting primaried out, and without no threat of that happening on the horizon, he can go back to being the McCain Republican that he’s been all along.

[Bonemaker]

“He certainly is a snake in the grass. I hope Hannity finally wakes up to this traitor.”

And all those wonderful FBI field agents.

[Sacajaweau]

The blue slip requirement has been set aside before....more than once. Schumer has asked Clayton to withdraw his nomination. That tells you something.

Lotsa manipulated news on this nomination.

[Principled]

thass ok, just do the “acting”... put a real asshole in there and the nominee the president wants will sail thru

[Mr. Rabbit]

Someone found John McCain’s fudge packing pictures.

[TheConservativeBanker]

I think that he is trying to hide dirty deeds he did with McCain involving ISIS, Ukraine and China.

[Bonemaker]

Graham is far too busy not doing any investigations.

[libstripper]

My pure guess is Barr is about to drop some more shoes, possibly big ones in the form of serious indictments of important DemonShits. He and PDJT somehow believe those, and other yet to be disclosed maneuvers, are going to put the DemonShits on the defensive.

[Gen.Blather]

Does Trump really need somebody really need somebody in that position? Can’t the instructions and leadership go to some anonymous place holder, perhaps somebody who is retired and comes back on contract? I don’t see where this will interfere with whatever Trump needs to get done. Am I wrong?

[GnuThere]

What happens if it’s unfilled, do the cases just pile up or go to someone else?

[ncalburt]

Trump needs to support and campaign for any third party option for the SC senate seat .
Destroy Grahanesty .

Destroy him with a third party option .

The evil evil monster should be gone .
Wake up trump .

[smvoice]

Well if they do, that means our side must know what that dirt is...it is time for our side to have a sit down with this political whore.

[elpadre]

I am not surprised at his refusal to advance the name. I am surprised he broadcast it.

[elpadre]

Does Durham have the SDNY US Attorney in his sights???

As for Graham, POTUS needs to play hardball and hold up something Graham wants from him. Holding a needed signature or endorsement and Graham will pee in his pants.

[arthurus]

Graham has always been a sometime friend. He has seemed enthusiastic for trump while slow walking investigations or making sure they went nowhere all while hyping their determination to "get the truth." Graham is apparently deeply involved in Ukraine shenanigans as are many Republicans in the Senate. He, and probably all of them are "compromised." Why would a Republican even run for Senator or Representative except to get rich? Democrats are both ideological and venal.

[PubliusMM]

So, screw the committee crap and have Turtle take it up in the full Senate.
Stop screwing around, Linda...

[Carriage Hill]

I’m surprised that someone at the fag bathhouse hasn’t offed him yet.

[MCF]

If you have a Republican Senator please take the time to write to them that this is unacceptable. Be courteous but firm. This hat in hand posture has got to stop.

[conservativepoet]

Barr has asked POTUS to fire SDNY AG and he has done so. Letter has been made public.

[Redwood71]

My post was not an idea of my feelings about blue slip, just that it existed and Graham didn’t indicate it even made a difference other than allowing a process that has been used in the senate for over 100 years to be accomplished.

Prior to 2014, when the conservatives took control of the senate, they drove Obama nuts with going nay on every blue slip they came across and the first of the Trump years were 3 in 2017. This part of the process is just a formality and has no effect on the overall outcome unless the senate majority, McConnell who hates them, or Graham holds the nomination in committee, it will go to a vote after some he(( raising by the liberals. But they media is making it sound like it is a given that Graham will stop it. He didn’t say that. Let’s wait for what happens instead of pointing fingers like a lot of posters in this thread are doing. The blue slips haven’t stopped a Trump nomination yet....only Trump can if it is voted upon and passed. Blue slip can’t stop that.

rwood