Moron just wants to keep racking up those impeachable offenses…

The Trump administration wants to use an obscure loophole to install far-right immigration hawk Ken Cuccinelli as acting head of the Department of Homeland Security. But in a rare rejection of the president, even Republican lawmakers decried the plot as illegal on Wednesday.

Trump has been eyeing Cuccinelli, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, to take over DHS for weeks, but White House lawyers determined that it would be illegal to appoint him because he is ineligible under the Vacancies Act. Federal law states that acting department heads must either serve 90 days as a “first assistant” to the previous Senate-confirmed secretary or be confirmed to another position, making Cuccinelli, who was appointed as acting head of USCIS following the ouster of Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, ineligible.

Trump has told allies that he wants to do an end-run around federal law and appoint Cuccinelli to DHS anyway, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.

Trump’s plan would involve using a loophole in which the president would tap Cuccinelli as assistant secretary of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office at DHS — currently a vacant position — and then promote him to acting secretary. Because the assistant secretary would be considered an “inferior officer,” the president can appoint anyone he wants without a Senate confirmation.

The move is under consideration because Cuccinelli is unlikely to be confirmed to the position, despite a Republican majority in the Senate.

I get so tired of saying this in regards to news about Trump, but Jesus fucking Christ.