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

[pnwmom]

Source: Fox News

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.


Barr and the White House announced that Trump will nominate Jay Clayton, the current chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to replace Berman.

Read more: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/drama-over-ny-us-attorney-heads-to-capitol-hill?fbclid=IwAR3ceOy5rxhJ_bp0AWKTINQmS9dsocJmh1XGNFDG9LB0ya-To8VhLLXDtwA

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Yes, I know this is Fox, but I haven't seen this in another outlet yet, except mentioned here:

https://theunionjournal.com/replacing-geoffrey-berman-will-be-tough-before-the-november-election/

Replacing Geoffrey Berman will be tough before the November election


But Republicans on Capitol Hill showed little willingness to ensure a new nominee without Democratic support — meaning there is a real possibility that the nomination of Jay Clayton to replace him could languish and Berman could stay at the post indefinitely.

The fast-moving developments did actually catch by surprise Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, a close ally of Trump’s and Barr’s, who said Saturday he’d not been told about the effort to fire Berman.

And in a substantial announcement Saturday, Graham announced that he will honor tradition to let home-state senators sign off on an upgraded for Berman’s post, and thus Democrats essentially have veto power over a replacement to a position considered the most effective US attorney job in the country.

[Maeve]

1. If this plot gets any thicker, it will solidify

[unc70]

2. Graham, not McConnell

[fleur-de-lisa]

4. Thank you. Read both articles and didn't see the turtle mentioned.

Thought I was crazy for a minute.

[pnwmom]

7. Thanks, I fixed it!

[intrepidity]

3. McConnel? nt

[pnwmom]

6. Fixed, thanks.

[intrepidity]

9. For a moment, I saw a glimmer of hope

Not that I believe McConnell any more than Graham.

Oh well

[pnwmom]

14. This is still good news, if Graham doesn't change his mind. It's up to him, not McConnell. n/t

[intrepidity]

15. I thought they might both be on the same page nt

[cayugafalls]

5. Please let this be true and hold.

If this holds, I'll have regained some sense of justice.

Just a little, mind you.

[Salviati]

8. How long is that going to last?

Until his next round of golf with trump?

[moonscape]

13. Or, maybe the tide has turned enough that

Graham doesn't want to be in the cross-hairs on this.

[fleur-de-lisa]

17. Until someone tweets out info on Lady Gs 'adopted' Cuban son

If Gaetz has one, you just know Lindsey has several.

[JudyM]

10. Say what now?

[Cha]

11. Ok Wth has gotten into Lindsay Graham?!

Where's the subservient to BLOTUS Graham?

Not that I'm complaining.. this sounds like another DOWNER for BLOTUS. So a Plus for Democracy

[rurallib]

19. Old Lyndsey scheduled to return next week after Trump cals him

Just a little publicity stunt - he doesn't mean it.

[kimbutgar]

12. Lady G will back down when MF45 reminds him he has pictures of him in the act.

[Wellstone ruled]

16. Lady G is reading his

dailies(polling) and he is now concerned his 22 million dollar bank roll might be in play. This POS works the system to stay viable..

[BittyJenkins]

18. Thank You for stepping up Blond Lindsey! nt

[Ford_Prefect]

20. This story credited to the Hill: BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 06/20/20 12:25 PM EDT

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/503711-graham-signals-he-wont-take-up-us-attorney-pick-without-schumer-gillibrand

Petty much word for word copy over at FOX, so who wrote it? My bet is Carney of The Hill.

[kyburbonkid]

21. This whole thing stinks to high-heven.

I think we need an investigation into this whole mess that lasts past election day for sure. Well if nothing else, a grand jury should be looking into Barr's actions since this is obviously a politically motivated action.

[DeminPennswoods]

22. Graham can read the polls out

of South Carolina.

[mountain grammy]

23. Riiiiiiiiight!

This’ll last 24 hours at most.

[33taw]

24. Yeah, I believe Graham about as much as I believe Trump.

[Traildogbob]

25. Maybe

The 900,000 plus no shows at the Jamboree have them concerned. A hand full of toothless skeeters ain’t gonna get them re-elected. The over flow outside event cancelled. Nobody there. Where is the million rabid trumpers, to jumpstart campaign 2020. Pasquale may be gone come Monday, no worries he will leave with full pockets and take home gifts. That crowd looks like an extremely rural packed Walmart at the first of the month with gubment checks for a 1/2 price ham and Budweiser sale. Ye haaa! Own those libs. Fuck NASCAR ban on AmuRKKKa’s flag. MAGA!

[llmart]

27. I don't know why...

but I always like your posts. They make me giggle. Maybe I just have a penchant for your choice of words to describe MAGAts.

"toothless skeeters" - my favorite in this post.

[Traildogbob]

30. Thank you

I live in the middle of skeeterville. WNC. Actual saw there were shots of screaming male and female skeeters today, with no front teeth, or just one. Obama care does not cover dental, so that would not have helped. Minimal teeth is a badge of honor here. Gubment checks allow lots of sugar foods, toothpaste is too expensive, takes away from tator chips. Gargling with Pepsi is good enough to clean this ragged few they got. But they think republicans are all about them. Culters gonna cult.

[llmart]

31. Having lived in NC for ten years...

I certainly know what you are talking about. Luckily I lived in Charlotte and not the boonies, but I certainly visited WNC many times.

[Traildogbob]

32. Beautiful

Mountains, I had a career teaching Natural Resource Management at college. I have hundreds of thousands of acres to play in without trails. I can navigate anywhere, as an Ops Specialist in the Navy, and teaching orienteering in college, I can hide and avoid any human contact. That is how to deal with skeeter infestation. Stay in the woods with my liberal black lesbian Labrador. Avoid Wally World.

[llmart]

33. When I had to move away...

people would ask me what I liked the most about NC and I would always say the geography of the state. Living in Charlotte I could be to the coast in three hours or the mountains in two. Then they'd ask me what I didn't like about it and I'd say "some of the people are living in the past". That was the most polite way of describing them.

[Traildogbob]

34. Very kind way to say it.

But I see these trump gun humpers all over the nation at rallies, And think, not just WNC. There is an infestation. Mouth breathing spreads it far and wide. Mandatory mask may help.

[Hulk]

26. Wouldn't trust him any further than I could throw him....

....and really can't stand the spineless coward, so don't even want to touch him (if given the chance to throw him )

[Skittles]

28. I'd like to think he is finally waking up

but he has become such a Trump whore I just do NOT trust him, not at ALL

[Fullduplexxx]

29. Lyndsie wants something and when he gets it he'll flip

[Rebl2]

35. Don't think

Trump should be allowed to nominate anymore judges this year. It’s too close to a Presidential election.

[mahina]

36. Good on him.

A vertebrate after all.

[CrispyQ]

37. Honor? Lindsey Graham is actually going to do something that requires honor?

Until the Con puts a little pressure on him, that is.

[marble falls]

38. So Graham's feeling a directional change in the prevailing wind?

[Scruffy1]

39. Ho hum.

He knows he will be in the minority party soon. If he breaks this time honored tradition of the senate he will have no say so over appointments in South Carolina and will have lost patronage power. US attorney jobs are highly prized because when you can put that on your resume you become a million dollar a year lawyer.

[Schmice3]

40. I don't believe Graham. He will cave. Watch. n/t

[yellowcanine]

41. Graham is just covering his ass in case Dems take the Senate.

I don't think it means he discovered a vertebra in his back.