Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) has invoked the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition to block President Trump’s appointees to serve as U.S. attorneys for two of the most prestigious districts in the country, the southern and eastern districts of New York.
Schumer announced Wednesday that he will use his senatorial privilege to block Trump’s nomination of former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair J…
Schumer invokes Senate ‘blue slip’ to block Trump US attorney nominees
April 16, 2025