Gregg Nunziata: “FBI Checks on Trump Nominees Are a Must”

In a guest essay for The New York Times, Executive Director Gregg Nunziata argues that the Senate must apply equal scrutiny to new Trump nominees as in previous administrations.

The piece was co-authored with Noah Bookbinder of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). They write:

The two of us worked together in politically contentious times during the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations, under Democratic and Republican chairmen. The Judiciary Committee’s confirmation process had a reputation for being brutal. But disagreements about nominations never extended to the background investigation. No nominee would have moved forward to a committee hearing or vote without a meaningful review. Mr. Trump’s nominees should be treated no differently.

Read the guest essay here. Gregg also spoke to the Times‘ Peter Baker, arguing that Trump’s approach “seems to be deliberately testing the Senate’s capacity and willingness to play its constitutional role as a check on the president.”

To be connected with Gregg for comment, please contact Tony Franquiz at [email protected].

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