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You know, their most recent disgusting nomination for a judicial seat
Yet another person could suffer fallout as a result of President Donald Trumps Ukraine scandal and subsequent impeachment inquiry: Steven Menashi, Trumps nominee for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and a key White House legal aide.
On Friday, the Huffington Post reported that four Democratic senators on the Judiciary Committee, including ranking member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), sent Menashi a letter demanding that he clarify any knowledge he had about the call, and giving him until October 7 to respond.
We write to inquire about your knowledge of or involvement with any of the events related to a telephone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25, 2019, or a whistleblower complaint about that call and efforts to pressure Ukraine to interfere in the upcoming 2020 U.S. election, said the letter
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Even some Republicans have expressed reservations about how extreme Menashi is, and were put off by how rudely he behaved in his confirmation hearings. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), who sits on the Judiciary Committee, said, Im real doubtful about supporting him, saying, My thought is, look, if hell treat a United States senator the way he treated us, I wonder how he would treat the people.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/one-of-trumps-radical-judge-picks-just-got-thrown-into-the-ukraine-scandal/?fbclid=IwAR3Sr6sGp3Zm7jee6cMNJbXzHjnidyUps6Ro1ZMs_SFnhT19kYEP7EPWGn0
Me.
(35,454 posts)as he is so bad so I will kick for time for the good news to get around
spanone
(135,830 posts)It didnt go that well.
Neither of his home-state senators from New York supports his nomination, so Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced Menashi. And the nominee spent most of his time angering Republicans and Democrats by refusing to provide details about what hes worked on in his current role as a White House legal adviser (yes, Trump nominated one of his own aides to be a federal judge).
As senators asked him which particular issues he has provided legal advice on ― immigration policies crafted by White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, for example ― Menashi repeatedly declined to say and cited confidentiality.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/steven-menashi-senate-confirmation-hearing-protests-trump-judges_n_5d794e1be4b0a938a42d364b
"refusing to provide details about what hes worked on in his current role as a White House legal adviser"
spanone
(135,830 posts)good news is he's pissed off both sides....he may not survive a vote
Me.
(35,454 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)Aloha Hoa!
sheshe2
(83,751 posts)They will fall where they may, Me.
Me.
(35,454 posts)I don't think it will all be as easy and as fast as it seems from this week, but Pandora's box has been opened and many will be going down, caught in a web of his making.