Schumer: Sessions — Despite Overseeing FBI — Should Have No Role Selecting New Director

‘This attorney general shouldn’t be anywhere near the hiring process of the next FBI director’

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SCHUMER: "Attorney General Sessions, who had to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, is now — and played a significant role in firing the man who was leading it. Not only that, the attorney general is now reportedly leading the search to replace Mr. Comey. He is helping to select the next FBI Director who will be in charge of an investigation he cannot oversee -- what an irony. This attorney general shouldn’t be anywhere near the hiring process of the next FBI director. His role will jaundice the entire process, if it hasn’t already. In order to ensure the American people can have faith in the impartiality of the investigation, it must be conducted far from the reach of the White House.”

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