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Chuck Schumer says he is placing a hold on Trump DOJ nominees amid questions on Qatar's luxury jet gift (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This might be an attempt to extract himself from that embarrassment, in which case he might not fold. On the other hand, it does raise the question of why he wasn't doing it before now, and what else could he be doing and isn't?

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

He’s an embarrassment, no way around it. He’d have to do a full about-face on his enablement if he wanted to salvage his reputation at all, and I don’t see him doing that.