Controversial Justice Department Nominee With Russia Ties Wins Senate Confirmation

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Source: Mother Jones

Brian Benczkowski could help oversee the Russia investigation despite his work for a Vladimir Putin-linked bank.

The Senate confirmed a top Justice Department official on Wednesday who could help oversee the Trump-Russia investigation, despite his own troubling connections to Russia and his close ties to Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Brian Benczkowski, a former Senate aide to Sessions, was confirmed on a 51-48 vote to lead the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, a job that could give him sway over special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Several Senate Democrats have argued that Benczkowski should be disqualified due to previous work on behalf of a Russian bank with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin and a general lack of experience in criminal law.

Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/07/brian-benczkowski-justice-department-nominee-with-russia-ties-confirmation/

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Former rep for Alpha Bank confirmed to oversee US Justice Department Prosecutors

Everywhere you look there is a Trump Russia connection. Who would think it makes sense to put Putin's friend in charge of the US Justice Departments Criminal Division?

[OnDoutside]

1. Expect a Rosenberg sacking soon then. It's so fucking corrupt.

[Cryptoad]

9. After that the Trumpsters will find a was to cancel the Midterm elections....

and I guess Congress will approve it 51-49. geeez

[bucolic_frolic]

2. GOP is all in on this

By next year, if Democrats hold power, a new stumbling block will emerge: the Executive Branch will ignore Congressional subpoenas

[AJT]

3. I never thought I'd be in the generation that watched America die.

[Zoonart]

4. The temperature in the pot is rising significantly.

[CousinIT]

5. JOE MANCHIN voted for him. Manchin should be EXPELLED from the party. n/t

[QC]

8. Careful...he's got a fan club here. n/t

[YOHABLO]

10. fan club? how so?

[pecosbob]

11. Seconded

[deminks]

6. I see the Russian Caucus voted for Pootey's man in the DOJ.

[Iliyah]

7. It will take a minute tho.

Meanwhile he will give Russia all of the FBI's secrets. Session is already doing that from the DOJ position. Same with the other IC's. We have been compromised and it was the Republican party's doing.

The USA's security has been under attack. Nato is in the way. Putin told t-rump to dismantle it.

And to boot, the USA's economy is sinking.

[Still In Wisconsin]

12. To the Republicans, being in power is literally everything.

They're perfectly willing to sell out our democracy to a foreign power and allow TRUMP to effectively become a god-king if it keeps the Democrats out of power. That is how sick this bunch has become.

[DonViejo]

13. Locking...

Duplicate of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142106635

[SunSeeker]

14. FUCK