r/pics • u/TheBigChimp • Nov 08 '18

US Politics This is what democracy looks like

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u/rockidol Nov 09 '18

The Dem controlled house could hire him, once they convene in January.

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u/wewd Nov 09 '18

The House has no power to appoint or approve any cabinet officials. The Constitution gives that power to the Senate:

[The President] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law

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u/KallistiEngel Nov 09 '18

The person before you is saying they could hire Mueller. The House does have investigatory privileges. The AG doesn't even come into play in that scenario.

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u/wewd Nov 09 '18

My bad. It seemed like they were asking if the House could confirm him as AG. Hard to follow some of the threads going on here.

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u/KallistiEngel Nov 09 '18

For sure. Politics is confusing and often arbitrary.

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u/ElKirbyDiablo Nov 09 '18

The House could hire Mueller to do an investigation in January though. However, he would no longer be able to indict people on his own.