Posted on 07/11/2018 4:41:43 PM PDT by mandaladon
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has asked the offices of all 93 U.S. attorneys to each provide up to three federal prosecutors to assist the Justice Department in reviewing government records of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the New York Times reports, citing a letter it obtained.
Why it matters: The Times notes that this is an unusual move because department attorneys are not typically responsible for carrying out such a task. "The production of documents could slow down a confirmation hearing that has already shaped up as a sharp partisan battle. Democratic lawmakers say they want to inspect all of Judge Kavanaugh’s documents, including his staff work and over 300 opinions he has issued as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit," the report notes.
Show less What they're saying: Former law enforcement officials told the Times that Rosenstein's request is troubling.
"It’s flat-out wrong to have career federal prosecutors engaged in a political process like the vetting of a Supreme Court nominee. It takes them away from the mission they’re supposed to be fulfilling, which is effective criminal justice enforcement," Christopher Hunter, a former F.B.I. agent and federal prosecutor for almost 11 years, told the publication.
But Michael Zubrensky, a former Justice Department lawyer who oversaw the agency's Office of Legal Policy, said Kavanaugh's long paper trail could be the reason for Rosenstein's request. Sarah Isgur Flores, spokeswoman for the Department of Justice, told the Times that prosecutors have been used in the past to vet Supreme Court nominees. "[T]he scope of the production of executive branch documents we’ve been asked for is many, many times as large," she said.
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I completely give up on the hope that Sessions will ever take a stand against these people. Rosenstein has been running the “justice” department since Day One.
Fire Rodentweasel!
This move means nothing and has happened to other SCOTUS nominations as well.
If Trump didn’t want him doing this, it wouldn’t be done.
> “NYT: Rosenstein asks prosecutors to help review Kavanaugh documents”
WTF?
Is this routine> I have never seen DOJ do this to a SCOTUS nominee. Maybe I wasn’t paying attention.
But this is NY Times so we know there’s politics behind it somewhere.
Is Mueller investigating him already ?
Did RR do these same vetting processes for the unwise Latina and Kagan??
And just how is Rosenstein the one in the DOJ to make any decisions concerning a SCOTUS nominee?
Kavanaugh -> Starr-> Clinton???
This should not be permitted.
Why would POTUS allow him to get away with this?
Closely resembles a well known, non-acting AG.
So the DOJ and FBI are essentially STILL being run by the Obama Administration and Clinton loyalists. It’s absolutely unconscionable.
“Rosenstein is assisting Sessions in draining the swamp. “
Trump just dope-slapped those two weasels with the Hammond pardons.
His happens for all SC nominees who have executive branch records like Kavanaugh. The DOJ has to review those records for, among other things, privileged communications. Kavanaugh worked in the Bush Administration as staff secretary and has extensive records that need to be reviewed before released to the senate committee.
Why does no one even suggest that Trump might have ORDERED this so as to not have ANY surprises during the Senate hearings? After all Judge Kavanaugh has one of the longest paper trails in nomination history.
He’s happy to have an excuse not to produce the documents the Congress has demanded.
Who does this cluck work for?
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The Deep State
Yup.
This has nothing to do with Russia so why is Rosenstein doing this and not Session? Is Sessions dead?
What role does the FBI have, unless requested?
Couln’t Sessions head Rosie away?
Say Hey, Rosie. I’ll handle this one.
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