In a Tuesday press conference, Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal demanded that Judge Brett Kavanaugh recuse himself from any cases involving President Trump’s financial dealings or the special counsel investigation, should the Senate confirm his Supreme Court justice nomination.
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“I am in no on this nominee. My colleagues should be a no on this nominee, unless judge Kavanagh specifically commits that he will recuse himself on any issues that involve President Trump’s personal financial dealings or the special counsel,” Blumenthal said. “He will be the swing vote, Judge Kavanaugh, if he is a justice, would be the swing vote in deciding whether he can pardon himself. Get out of jail free pass.”
“That’s the accountability that will be lost if Judge Kavanaugh is confirmed. Likewise whether he can be called before a grand jury, whether he can be indicted while he is still president, whether he will be stopped from violating the emoluments clause of the United States Constitution as he is doing every day by taking foreign gifts and payments without coming to Congress for consent,” Blumenthal continued, “Whether our lawsuit, 200 of my colleagues have joined in this lawsuit to hold him accountable and stop him from violating that clause can go forward.”
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