Trump’s Senate Ally Tries Plan B on U.S. Attorney Replacement
- Graham defers to ‘blue slip’ tradition giving Schumer leverage
- Democrats call for probe into attempted ouster of prosecutor
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham endorsed President Donald Trump’s move to replace the chief federal prosecutor in New York, saying Trump has the power to remove a political appointee and praising the chosen replacement.
Graham had previously indicated he wouldn’t move forward on the nomination of Jay Clayton, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to replace Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York.