Quote (Arsenic_Touch @ Dec 12 2017 02:44pm)

Are you going to kiss away his pain?

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Washington (CNN)Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley issued a rare rebuke Tuesday of two of President Donald Trump's most controversial judicial nominees, urging the White House to rethink the picks.

Grassley told CNN that he is advising the White House to "reconsider" the nomination of Jeff Mateer, who was selected to become a federal judge in Texas. He said the White House "should not proceed" on the nomination of Brett Talley, whom Trump picked to become a federal judge in Alabama.

"I've advised the White House they ought to reconsider," Grassley said as he left a Judiciary Committee hearing. "I would advise the White House not to proceed."

Grassley's comments amount to an unusual brake on Trump's bid to fill the judiciary with young conservative voices. The Senate has moved at an unprecedented pace this year to seat federal judges but controversy has surrounded the Mateer and Talley nominations.

Talley's nomination has already gone through the Judiciary Committee and is awaiting a vote from the full Senate. Mateer's nomination still needs committee approval.

Quote (IceMage @ Dec 13 2017 10:19am)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/us/fbi-trump-russia.html

I don't believe the texts have been released to the public, I'd like to read them all myself. Just from reading media reports, it looks like these two were moderate Democrats, who(like most smart people) thought Trump was a buffoon. They also didn't seem to like Hillary that much, but preferred her over Trump.

I think the justice department reviewing this stuff is absolutely appropriate, but really this is just bad PR. I'd be very surprised if any wrongdoing is found. The FBI director made it clear, agents can have political opinions. I'm sure most of the lawyers and investigators in the special counsel's office think Trump is an idiot too.

Quote (EndlessSky @ Dec 13 2017 02:58pm)

Out here in the real world, the Mueller investigation is falling apart so the Democrats are resorting to pushing sexual assault allegations.

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Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) said that based on his discussions with the White House, the nominations of Jeff Mateer and Brett Talley would not move forward through the confirmation process. The decision comes after reports that both nominees made public comments celebrating groups or policies that were discriminatory.

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Republicans said they had reviewed more than 300 anti-Trump text messages exchanged last year between an FBI agent and an attorney who worked on Mueller’s probe.