Then they should have vetted these people better before nominating them. What a friggin waste of time and money. It looks like they didn’t know what they were doing.
This is correct. Almost every single appointment remains questionable, months after being set into place.
I’ve heard reports that the president just will not listen to most people for advice. Which is why it’s been difficult to find qualified lawyers to who may be needed to defend his personal finances or his executive orders.
Most times, his executive orders are thrown out by any old judge. Trumps lawyers never seem able to persuade these judges to stop making law from the bench.
> Then they should have vetted these people better before nominating them. What a friggin waste of time and money. It looks like they didn’t know what they were doing. <
Excellent observation! General Flynn is in as National Security Adviser. Then he’s out. Sean Spicer is in as Press Secretary. Then he’s out. Now Sessions might go that same way.
Turnover over a period of years is normal. Turnover over a period of months is not normal.
Jeff Sessions is without a doubt the most honest and ethical politician swimming in the current DC swamp. He is so honest that he actually abides by the laws of his profession.
Jeff Sessions recused himself because he is following the dictates of CFR 45.2 which states that DOJ employees may not:
“participate in a criminal investigation or prosecution if he has a personal or political relationship with any person or organization substantially involved in the conduct that is the subject of the investigation or prosecution, or who would be directly affected by the outcome.”
Sessions had no idea that Russia would become a media witch hunt after the election or he probably wouldn’t have accepted the attorney general position.
What I gather is that Trump would rather have Sessions take the heat and contain the investigation - resulting in even more intense media scrutiny - instead of Trump taking the bull by the horns and firing Mueller and really cleaning the swamp.
Trump shouldn’t make Sessions the scapegoat. He should start firing people. In fact,under CFR 45.2, Mueller and Comey should have recused themselves, but, unlike Sessions, they have no principles other than loyalty to the deep state.
http://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-sessions-on-recusing-himself-trump-investigation-russia-2017-6