Trump picked Brett Kavanaugh as 'barrier' to Russia inquiry - Schumer [View all]

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Source: The Guardian

Senator Chuck Schumer said Kavanaugh would shield Trump should the Mueller investigation end up before the supreme court

The Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, has a theory about why Donald Trump settled on Judge Brett Kavanaugh. On Tuesday he said that Trump is “worried” about an investigation over Russian collusion in the 2016 election and believes Kavanaugh would serve as a “barrier” should the inquiry end up before the supreme court.

As a brutal confirmation battle over Justice Anthony Kennedy’s replacement begins, Schumer said Kavanaugh should expect to face tough questions over his past writings that argue a sitting presidents should be exempt from lawsuits and criminal investigations.

“Why did he stick with Kavanaugh?” Schumer said at a press conference outside the supreme court on Tuesday. “Because he’s worried that Mr Mueller will go to the court and ask that the president be subpoenaed and ask to do other things necessary to move the investigation forward and President Trump knows that Kavanaugh will be a barrier to preventing that investigation from going there.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/10/trump-supreme-court-pick-brett-kavanaugh-barrier-russia-inquiry

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I for one am getting pretty sick and tired having the Federalist Society attack "We the People"..................for the last thirty plus years .........................and getting people put on the bench................that hates the Constitution basically................and they hate the fourteenth amendment......................


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/the-struggle-over-the-meaning-of-the-14th-amendment-continues/564722/