Steve Robinson

If he objects to that individual, he can withhold his blue slip and delay it, cause hearings, controversial votes.

He can gum up the works.

But if there's a nominee put forward that Senator Angus King and Senator Susan Collins both approve of, then they're not gonna cause problems on the blue slip front.

So there's these complex negotiations happening between the senators from the state and the Trump administration.

And Susan Collins, I think, is a big part of that as well, because she's now the chair of the Appropriations Committee.

She's like the third or fourth most powerful person in Washington, D.C.

So that adds a layer of complexity to it.

So there's complicated reasons why we don't have a U.S.

attorney yet.

But when we do, I think you're going to see some pretty rapid action rolling up some of these operations.

And hopefully they aim for the higher levels and go for the money, the people who are driving

Porsches, not the people who are suffering in what I would consider modern day slavery, really.

And I should say, Senator Collins deserves a lot of credit for this because she's the only politician in the state of Maine who's been speaking out about this.

Like from day one, she was asking Jim Comey about it.

She was asking all of the

you know, the head of the CIA under Biden, under Trump.

From the very beginning, she's been pushing this meeting with DEA officials.

And I think it's unusual for an elected officials talking about something to actually spur some action.

But I think that that has happened in Maine as a direct result of Senator Collins advocacy.

Mm hmm.