Red Alert!

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4. Red Alert! (For those who couldn't read the OP)

TeaPain
@TeaPainUSA

While Bob Mueller is diggin’ hot and heavy into the Trump Tower-Alfa Bank server, Trump’s tryin’ to slip Alfa’s attorney into the head of DOJ’s criminal decision. Don’t put the fox in charge of the hen house!

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Senator Dick Durbin @SenatorDurbin
ICYMI, Senate Republicans have quietly set up a vote next week on Brian Benczowski to head the DOJ Criminal Division. This is a big deal.

Senate Cloakroom @senatecloakroom
Leader McConnell has filed cloture on Exec. Cal. #639 Brian Benczkowski to be an Assistant Attorney General @TheJusticeDept.
7:43 PM - 7 Jul 2018

8:47 PM - Jul 8, 2018


"Earlier this month, Democrats on the Judiciary Committee urged the White House to back away from the nominee. That's after lawmakers from both political parties had expressed concern about Benczkowski's work in private practice on behalf of Alfa Bank, a Russian institution that had come under scrutiny from FBI investigators."

https://www.npr.org/2018/05/21/612977268/bipartisan-group-of-doj-veterans-calls-for-confirmation-of-criminal-unit-nominee