Trump: Scrap ‘Blue Slip’ Rule Blocking Nominees

President Donald Trump on Monday criticized Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, for adhering to the Senate’s longstanding “blue slip” tradition, which lets home-state senators block U.S. attorney and judicial nominees from advancing.

Trump made the remarks at a White House roundtable on farm relief amid reports that Alina Habba will step down as U.S. attorney for New Jersey, a week after a panel of the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals disqualified her from the job.

The roundtable aired live on Newsmax and on Newsmax2, the free online streaming platform.

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