Chuck Grassley Says He’s Helping Trump By Holding Up Some Of His Nominees

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said Monday he is helping President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees by holding up confirmation votes until they secure support from their home-state senators.

Grassley wrote on X that the century-old “blue slip” tradition remains decisive, stressing that without it, Trump’s picks would lack the votes to clear committee.

“A [U.S. Attorney] or district judge nominee without a blue slip does not [have] the votes to get confirmed on the Senate floor, & they don’t [have] the votes to get out of [committee],” Grassley said. “As chairman I set [President Trump’s nominees]...