Schumer Moves To Block Trump’s Prosecutor Nominees

Politico reports:

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is seeking to block confirmation for President Donald Trump’s nominees for top federal prosecutors in New York. Senate leaders typically defer to senators to sign off on confirming nominees in their home states, awaiting a return of the so-called blue slip to begin the confirmation process in the Judiciary Committee.

But Schumer announced Wednesday morning he will not return the blue slip for Trump’s picks to serve as New York attorneys: Jay Clayton to head the Southern District of New York office, which oversees Wall Street and regularly prosecutes some of the country’s biggest white-collar cases; and Joseph Nocella Jr. to run the Eastern District of New York office.

This game of hardball could play well with progressive activists, who called for Schumer’s ouster as leader after the government funding fight and floated the prospect of a potential 2028 primary challenge from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).

Read the full article. Clayton has never been a prosecutor, but as noted above, would in charge of overseeing Wall Street.