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Donald Trump: “Blue slips is a horrible thing because I have the right to…”

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President Trump Delivers Remarks at Breakfast with Republican Senators

Published | Video Starts at 28:47

I read the most beautiful letters I've ever seen. I said. I called him up. I said, sorry, you're fired. Get the hell out of here. And. But it's a horrible thing. Blue slips is a horrible thing because I have the right to pick judges and I have the right to pick U.S. attorneys. And this takes away the right from me. And I think we're going to go to court on it, and, you know, we'll see what happens in court. (28:47)

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Asserts that the blue slip process infringes on the President's right to appoint judges and U.S. attorneys.

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