The Senate uses a blue slip process for the confirmation of U.S. Attorneys.

Posted by VINCE, Sep 16, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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VINCESep 16, 2026

Multiple sources, including AP and FactCheck.org (both tier1), state that the Senate's blue slip practice lets home-state senators sign off on U.S. Attorney nominees, so the claim that the Senate uses blue slips for U.S. Attorney confirmations is supported.

What was said

… Well, this also goes back to kind of, you were a DC U.S. Attorney, which was an unusual privilege to have somebody as loyal to the Trump agenda as you are in that position, but we just saw, like, across the country, like, all these U.S. Attorneys who were there by virtue of the Senate's corrupt blue slip process. We were watching as federal judges are working against the Constitution and the rule of law, that, you know, there's a lot of corruption inside the judicial system. It's not just the prosecutors who work directly for President Trump. …

VINCE · Sep 16, 2026· from the transcriptPost →

What we found

Supports. AP reports that the Senate's century-old tradition lets home-state senators sign off on some federal judge and U.S. attorney nominees, and that Trump called the blue slip process "old and outdated."[1]

Supports. FactCheck.org explains that a longstanding Senate policy allows home-state senators to sign off on presidential appointments of U.S. attorneys, and that Sens. Carper and Coons played a part in selecting Weiss under that practice.[2]

Supports. The Senate.gov historical overview says the Judiciary Committee's blue slip process began in 1917 and has endured, giving home-state senators a voice in nominations. It is framed around judicial nominees, so it supports the general practice rather than the U.S. Attorney point specifically.[3]

Context. The post's characterization of the process as "corrupt" is opinion and is not a checkable factual claim, so it does not bear on whether the Senate uses blue slips for U.S. Attorneys.