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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSounds like Dick Durbin wants us to raise hell tomorrow and next week. Ready to man the phones?
The Senate is about to confirm for the head of DOJ criminal division a lawyer who recently represented ALFA BANK and has no experience as a prosecutor. He will oversee the investigation of Michael Cohen and any other investigation that Mueller passes on to other Federal prosecutors.
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Remember Brian Benczkowski? He represented Russias Alfa Bank and was a top staffer to then-Senator Sessions. Senate Republicans plan to vote next week to confirm him to head the DOJ Criminal Division.
Heading the DOJ Criminal Division is a critically important job. This person will supervise over 600 federal prosecutors handling thousands of cases and investigations, and will oversee sensitive matters such as the criminal investigation of Michael Cohen.
Benczkowski has no prosecutorial experience. He showed poor judgment by choosing to represent Alfa Bank while he was seeking a DOJ job despite reports that Alfa was under criminal investigation. And he wont commit to recuse himself from Russia-related matters if confirmed.
Why does President Trump want Brian Benczkowski for this important job? Why not find an attorney who has actual prosecutorial experience and who is free and clear from Russian connections? And we still dont know the full story behind Alfa Bank and what they did in 2016.
In May I joined my Senate Judiciary Democratic colleagues in calling for Benczkowskis nomination to be withdrawn. See our letter here:
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Watch this vote next week. Republicans will try to confirm Benczkowski while attention is focused on SCOTUS. This could be a pivotal moment in the Russia investigation.
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Sounds like Dick Durbin wants us to raise hell tomorrow and next week. Ready to man the phones? (Original Post)
pnwmom
Jul 2018
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dalton99a
(81,411 posts)1. Benczkowski must be stopped.
still_one
(92,063 posts)2. Unless we have republicans on board, how?
pnwmom
(108,960 posts)3. We only need one to flip if McCain stays away. Murkowski, Flake, Collins . . . .
spanone
(135,795 posts)5. This is much more like a coup than an American political party