Tell Senate Democrats: Special prosecutor or shut it down
Senate Democrats
Donald Trump may have fired FBI Director James Comey to obstruct a federal investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and a foreign power.
By all accounts, Comey was escalating the investigation into the Trump administration's ties to Russia.
In March, Comey testified that the FBI was continuing its investigation. Last week, he requested a significant increase in resources for the investigation. And finally, on the day Trump dismissed Comey, the FBI issued grand jury subpeonas for witnesses in the Trump Russia hearing.
White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated the Comey firing may hasten the agency's investigation into Russian meddling. Trump later confirmed that he was going to fire Comey "regardless" of recommendations. This all suggests that Comey's termination had little if anything to do with Hillary's emails and everything to do with him failing Trump's loyalty test by pursuing the Trump-Russia investigation.
Even by Trump standards, firing Comey is an incredible abuse of power. Still, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republicans are standing behind the would-be despot, and ruling out a special prosecutor to put their hateful, amoral agenda ahead of democracy. With Republicans compromised, we need bold leadership from Democrats to force the issue.
Senators can refuse to consider the nomination of a new FBI director or block funding for Justice Department programs. Senate Democrats can ago even further to slow Senate business down to a crawl—continue blocking every unanimous consent request, refusing cooperation on any legislation and anything and everything else until an independent prosecutor is appointed.
That is why we are joining our allies at CREDO Action to urge Senate Democrats into effectively grinding the Senate to a halt until a fully independent special prosecutor is investigating Trump.
We need an independent prosecutor—someone who doesn't answer to and cannot be fired by Donald Trump—to lead this investigation and finally provide the American people with answers. Will you join us in calling on Democrats to halt the work of the Senate until a special prosecutor has been appointed?
Sign the petition to Senate Democrats: Special prosecutor or shut it down.
By all accounts, Comey was escalating the investigation into the Trump administration's ties to Russia.
In March, Comey testified that the FBI was continuing its investigation. Last week, he requested a significant increase in resources for the investigation. And finally, on the day Trump dismissed Comey, the FBI issued grand jury subpeonas for witnesses in the Trump Russia hearing.
White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated the Comey firing may hasten the agency's investigation into Russian meddling. Trump later confirmed that he was going to fire Comey "regardless" of recommendations. This all suggests that Comey's termination had little if anything to do with Hillary's emails and everything to do with him failing Trump's loyalty test by pursuing the Trump-Russia investigation.
Even by Trump standards, firing Comey is an incredible abuse of power. Still, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republicans are standing behind the would-be despot, and ruling out a special prosecutor to put their hateful, amoral agenda ahead of democracy. With Republicans compromised, we need bold leadership from Democrats to force the issue.
Senators can refuse to consider the nomination of a new FBI director or block funding for Justice Department programs. Senate Democrats can ago even further to slow Senate business down to a crawl—continue blocking every unanimous consent request, refusing cooperation on any legislation and anything and everything else until an independent prosecutor is appointed.
That is why we are joining our allies at CREDO Action to urge Senate Democrats into effectively grinding the Senate to a halt until a fully independent special prosecutor is investigating Trump.
We need an independent prosecutor—someone who doesn't answer to and cannot be fired by Donald Trump—to lead this investigation and finally provide the American people with answers. Will you join us in calling on Democrats to halt the work of the Senate until a special prosecutor has been appointed?
Sign the petition to Senate Democrats: Special prosecutor or shut it down.
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Refuse to proceed with all regular Senate business until the Department of Justice appoints a special prosecutor to investigate Trump and Russia and Trump’s outrageous abuse of power in firing FBI Director Comey.