The House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance legislation that would remove federal courts’ authority to appoint US attorneys, a process that has provoked the ire of Trump administration officials eager to install loyalist prosecutors.
The party-line vote on the bill (H.R. 8065) followed heated debate among committee members. Republicans accused Senate Democrats and federal judges of interfering with President Donald Trump’s ability to fill US attorney vacancies, while Democratic committee members said the legislation would give the president unchecked power to indefinitely install preferred picks with limited prosecutorial experience.
The vote sends the legislation for consideration by ...