Democratic groups: Delay FBI director vote until Trump promises to keep special counsel
The groups want the White House to protect the FBI director and his agency from ‘political interference.’
By Edward-Isaac Dovere
07/25/2017 11:51 AM EDT
An alliance of Democratic groups is calling on Senate leadership to hold off on confirming Christopher Wray as FBI director until President Donald Trump promises not to fire special counsel Robert Mueller.
In a letter addressed to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley and Judiciary Ranking Member Diane Feinstein, the groups argue that this is a crucial moment for the Senate to assert the importance of an independent judiciary—accentuated by the president’s ongoing public humiliation campaign against Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
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