John McCain Jr. aka Lindsey Graham is up to his old tricks again. Now he’s holding up the nomination of Jay Clayton to replace the corrupt, Geoffrey Berman who was fired, but never stepped down. Lindsey Graham will hold up the nomination of Clayton unless both Schumer and Gillbrand are ok with it and sign off on it. FU Lindsey Graham!
| Traitor LIndsey Graham holding up SDNY U.S. attorney unless Schumer signs off on it |
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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.