Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley isn’t caving to pressure to end the precedent of deferring to home-state senators on district court and U.S. attorney nominees — even after being called out over the weekend by President Donald Trump and his thwarted pick for top prosecutor in New Jersey.
“As chairman I set Pres Trump noms up for SUCCESS NOT FAILURE,” the Iowa Republican wrote in a social media post Monday.
“A U.S. Atty/district judge nominee without a blue slip does not [have] the votes to get confirmed on the Senate floor & they don’t [have] the votes to get out of cmte,” he added.
Trump has tried to pressure Grassley for weeks to get rid…
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