@RWE,
It strikes me as essential that your friend and thousands of others should have a right to sue Charles Schumer and seek civil redress for damages. He did not act prudently in his official capacity to protect his constituents. He acted recklessly to protect his friends, deflect attention from the true culprits who created the instability and to advance his own political interests. It would thrill me if a States District Attorney also brought him before a Grand Jury. The Priveleges clause in the Constitution does not give Senators and Representatives blank checks that cover anything they may do. Schumer’s communication that destroyed the bank was not speech as I see it that is protected by Art. I sec. 6 “… They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place. …”