Schumer moves to block Trump nominees for 2 key New York prosecutor positions

[mystery-ak]

Schumer moves to block Trump nominees for 2 key New York prosecutor positions

He's objecting to Trump's picks for the Eastern District and Southern District.
ByAllison Pecorin
April 16, 2025, 9:40 AM

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday that he'll use a Senate procedure that allows home state senators to object to judicial nominees to attempt to block President Donald Trump's picks for two key prosecutor positions: the U.S. Attorneys for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

The blue slip process, which has long been honored by the Senate Judiciary Committee, asks for the signoff of home-state senators before proceeding with nominations for U.S. Attorney positions.

Schumer, a New York Democrat, is refusing to return his blue slip for the nominations of Jay Clayton to be the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and Joseph Nocella Jr. to be the lead prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York.

“Donald Trump has made clear he has no fidelity to the law and intends to use the Justice Department, the U.S. Attorney offices and law enforcement as weapons to go after his perceived enemies," Schumer said in a statement. "Such blatant and depraved political motivations are deeply corrosive to the rule of law and leaves me deeply skeptical of the Donald Trump’s intentions for these important positions. For that reason, I will not return the blue slip for the U.S. Attorney nominees for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.”

more
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/schumer-moves-block-trump-nominees-2-key-new/story?id=120862470

[Fishrrman]

Interim appointments.
Require no Senate confirmation.
Good for 21 months, I think.
As the old song goes "twenty-one years, boys, is a mightly long time".
21 months... not nearly as long, but... long enough.

(In fact, I believe I read earlier that Mr. Trump has just used that alternative today for the NY federal prosecutor slot...)

[Right_in_Virginia]

Trump Outmaneuvers Schumer On Pick For Top Federal Prosecutor
Daily Wire, Apr 16, 2025

On Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump circumvented an effort by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to block one of his nominees for a key federal prosecutor role in New York.

Trump announced on Truth Social that he was appointing Jay Clayton to become interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, sidestepping the Senate confirmation process that Schumer sought to jam, at least for now.

“I am pleased to announce that Jay Clayton will serve as the Interim United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. During my First Term, Jay served with great distinction as the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and earned the respect of everyone,” Trump said.

Trump noted that he first announced his intent to nominate Clayton for the Southern District of New York in mid-November and contended that his pick had received “wide, Bipartisan support.”

He added, “Now, after five months and, even though Jay was previously confirmed by the Senate on a Bipartisan basis, and has complied with ALL requests of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Schumer has announced that he is blocking all New York U.S. Attorney Nominees.”

Schumer said earlier on Wednesday that he intended to stop Clayton as well as Joseph Nocella Jr., a Long Island judge chosen for U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, using the “blue slip” tradition in which home-state senators can effectively block a nominee if they do not support the individual.

More:  https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-outmaneuvers-schumer-on-pick-for-top-federal-prosecutor