For several years, we were the Republican and Democratic counsels who reviewed presidential nominees’ background checks for the Senate Judiciary Committee.
We know how the confirmation process is supposed to work and how important F.B.I.
That’s why we’re appalled by reports that the new Republican-led Senate and the incoming Trump administration may dispense with it.
background checks and even Senate confirmation itself via mass recess appointments, made by the president when the Senate is not in session, never would have flown with past iterations of the Judiciary Committee, regardless of which party was in charge.
In our time working on the Judiciary Committee, we reviewed hundreds of nominations.
Persons:
Trump
Organizations:
Republican, Democratic, Senate, Committee, Republicans
Locations:
United States