Posted on 05/14/2017 6:58:16 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" that he would support an effort by Senate Democrats to refuse a vote on President Trump's nominee to be the new director of the FBI if a special prosecutor is not named to investigate Russian involvement in the 2017 campaign.
The notion that Democrats might refuse to vote on any nominee put forward by Trump to be the bureaus director was first floated last week by a handful of lawmakers including Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). Schumer, who spoke Sunday morning to CNNs State of the Union, is the highest-profile Democrat to back such a plan.
Yes, I think there are a lot of Democrats who feel that way, Schumer told host Jake Tapper when asked whether he would support a move to block any potential FBI director until an independent investigator is named. We will have to discuss it as a caucus, but I would support that move, because who the FBI director is, is related to who the special prosecutor is.
The presidents decision to fire FBI Director James Comey last week raised eyebrows from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, especially given the FBIs ongoing investigation into Trumps campaign. The president did little to calm concerns about Comeys dismissal when he told NBC News in an interview that he weighed the Russia investigation, which he called a made-up story, as he made up his mind to fire the FBI director.
As the Senates minority party, Democrats would have little power to truly block a new FBI director, whose nomination would need only a simple majority to clear the bar of confirmation. But a partisan battle over the head of the FBI would be new territory for the Senate, which typically confirms the bureaus director with essentially universal bipartisan support. (Comey was confirmed by a vote of 93-1 in 2013.)
Schumer predicted that the plan would enjoy broad support among Senate Democrats, as well as among the American people.
Democrats sure have fallen in love with special prosecutors, haven't they? The IRS can target conservatives for special treatment, but we trusted the Democratic Justice Department to thoroughly and fairly investigate that, right? Ditto for Fast and Furious, Benghazi, Hillary's emails, and any one of a half dozen more instances of abuse of power, unconstitutional actions, or illegal activities carried out by the Obama administration. We didn't need a special prosecutor for any of those, said Democrats at the time.
Now, suddenly (!) we need a special prosecutor for...sorry, but I've lost track. How many "special prosecutors" have the Democrats called for in the first four months of the Trump administration?
Funny thing is on the hill chuckie is running everything
Schumer will be Trumped.
Hint. 52 votes vs 48 doesn’t give him ANY power
How about a teenage girl who coming into womanhood. It would be a Very Special Prosecutor.
How many RINO’s will jump ship? I can think of two..McCain and Graham.
For what crime exactly, Schmucky?
Because America does not need an FBI Director?
Guess not if its some chip to be bargained over
Btw- dont you need evidence of a crime before you need a “ special prosecutor”?
How does the minority stop the vote?
There are 27 RATs (when you count the two “indy RATs”) up for re-election in the Senate. Heitkamp has some RAT company who have one foot on a banana peel, like Manchin, Stabenow, Donnelly, Brown and McCaskill. Nelson of FL is also a good target along with Menendez and Tester. The only problem we have is having to keep some of “our own” to get to 60.
So your intimating that Schmuckie is someone’s cock holster?
STOP THREATENING CHUCK SCHUMER...
YOUR TEAM LOST...GET OVER YOURSELF..YOU BECOME MORE DISGUSTING DAILY...
We voted for change...we were sick of professional politician giving us Bull **** and Lies for our daily diet...we have had enough...of everyone of you...
VOTERS NEED TO GET ON THE PHONE LINES AND BURN THEM IN THE SEAT..WE NEED TO TWIST THEIR PINK PANTIES TIGHTER..
Either all Comey’s files and data from his office is available to McCabe or it isn’t and is being perused by Sessions’ staff. If he’s totally starved of info until an interim director is placed, his staff will know he is not trusted with the department. And notice all of a sudden the leaks have screeched to a halt.
I think it is time Trump sicced the Russkies on Schumer. Since the Russkies are so powerful they shouldn’t have any problem sinking Schumer.
Exactly. The temp is the permanent.
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Recess appoint the most conservative by the book outspoken lawman you can find.....they will quickly have hearings to vote on a new FBI Director.
So long a prosecutor does investigate ALL of Russian interference including Schumer on Soviet payroll trying to push a prosecutor on his side to unseat Trump and destabilize America
McConnell should consider what the Democrat/Left’s response would have been a couple of years ago if he had said Schumer’s words to Reid ...
Acting Director Rudy Giuliani
Want to bet?
Schumer is dead wrong on this threat!
POTUS can appoint an interim Director and leave him there.
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