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Sessions pushes back on calls for Clinton special counsel
The Hill ^ | November 14, 2017 | Katie Bo Williams

Posted on 11/14/2017 9:27:10 AM PST by Golden Eagle

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday pushed back on the immediate need for a second special counsel to investigate former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

It would take "a factual basis that meets the standard of a special counsel" for the Justice Department to make such an appointment, he said during a heated exchange with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) at a Tuesday House Judiciary Committee meeting.

Jordan made a fiery case for allegations of improper spying on the Trump campaign by the Obama administration DOJ that widely touted amongst Capitol Hill Republicans.

Sessions at first demurred, noting that Comey is no longer the director of the FBI and praising the current director, Chris Wray. But pressed further by Jordan — "He's not here today, Attorney General Sessions, and you are" — Sessions appeared to throw cold water on the immediate need for a special counsel.

"I would say 'looks like' is not enough basis to appoint a special counsel," he said sharply.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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KEYWORDS: agsessions; clintoncrimefamily; housejudiciary; mueller; sessions; specialcounsel; trump
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To: petercooper

Take your RAT propaganda elsewhere please. At least one of those links is an admitted nevertrumper and their posts are nothing but excuses for Mueller and his “Democratic Hit Job” as Trump himself called it Saturday.


41 posted on 11/14/2017 9:56:22 AM PST by Golden Eagle (Donald Trump: "People will die because of the Russia investigation, and it's a pure hit job")
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To: Fantasywriter

And there it is. Just wait.....Trump will tweet about it. Winning! And all that. Lol


42 posted on 11/14/2017 9:56:22 AM PST by sheana
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To: bigbob

Bob. There is no ongoing investigations into the past RAT scandals.
You are in denial if u think there are.


43 posted on 11/14/2017 9:56:35 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: Golden Eagle

If that’s the standard then why do we have Mueller? Because Trump fired Comey who was a ridiculous FBI director at that point? This is absurd.


44 posted on 11/14/2017 9:56:57 AM PST by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: cymbeline

That could be several years from now.


45 posted on 11/14/2017 9:57:37 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

Sessions’ job 1 at DOJ is to obstruct justice in order to protect the swamp at all costs.

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With every passing month, it appears more and more like Sessions is a deep state plant. A Trojan Horse for the Swamp.


46 posted on 11/14/2017 9:58:43 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Golden Eagle
Good God is there anyone in this govmnt. NOT corrupt. And the one guy who isn't, Roy Moore, they go all out trying to destroy. And if this woman accusing him, Beverly Young Nelson, is 56, my name is Santa Claus. I'm 55, my sisters two friends are 56, none of us look this weathered. This woman looks to be in her 70s. Look at Gloria Allred, she's 76 and she had the same jowls as this Beverly Young Nelson - ironic middle name. This woman is in her SEVENTIES. Let's see proof she is 56! Like hell she is. And then the crying yesterday, all the crying yet not one tear because it's all an ACT.


47 posted on 11/14/2017 10:00:57 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Trump: Greatest POTUS of all time solely for preventing Satan from taking office.)
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To: CodeToad

I can only pray that it is Sessions going bye-bye.

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Probably not what Trump is going to talk about. More likely related to his trip. But....Sessions’ tenure is tenuous. He’ll be gone soon IMO.


48 posted on 11/14/2017 10:00:59 AM PST by Starboard
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To: TTFlyer

What you said.


49 posted on 11/14/2017 10:02:36 AM PST by Eddie01
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Sleeping beauty?


50 posted on 11/14/2017 10:03:26 AM PST by Eddie01
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

He is neither.
Sessions simply does not want to get his hands or his legacy dirty
chasing after past RAT scandals. He feels he is above it all.


51 posted on 11/14/2017 10:05:40 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Good God is there anyone in this govmnt. NOT corrupt.

Simple answer ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ NO!


52 posted on 11/14/2017 10:08:19 AM PST by JayAr36 (Sliding into Socialism daily.)
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To: Golden Eagle

I said Trump should have demanded Sessions resignation months ago, citing his inability to fulfill his entire duties.

I dont remember anybody providing a factual basis for a Special Counsel to go after Trum and Russia collusion. That was the flimsiest evidence that ever resulted in a special counsel and Congress should overrule Rosenstein’s decision, citing inadequate evidence.

Oh wait! the GOP-e want Trump gone just as much as the Democrats do. Silly me.


53 posted on 11/14/2017 10:09:22 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world yet loses his soul?)
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To: tennmountainman

Well, what he fails entirely to see then is that this IS his legacy, now and forevermore.


54 posted on 11/14/2017 10:09:24 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Golden Eagle

So here in bizarro world there’s ample evidence to investigate President Trump but not Clinton... sure. Okeydokey.

I’d imagine President Trump doesn’t want to fire Sessions for two reasons:

1) Replacing him will be difficult since the democrats seem to control the entire damn legislative body

2) He may not want the inevitable wailing and gnashing of teeth from the left that will prove to be a considerable distraction.

I’d like the GOP congress to grow a spine and act like they’re in charge. Act like Men who love their country. They should be pushing hard against Mueller, Sessions, Clintons, etc.


55 posted on 11/14/2017 10:09:24 AM PST by Made In The USA (Next thing you know, 'ol Jed's a millionaire)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I would suggest that anyone subject to the popularity contest of elections is probably more corruptable than someone working in the private sector.

I know nothing about this guy...so I am speaking in general terms.


56 posted on 11/14/2017 10:10:50 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: Golden Eagle
It would take "a factual basis that meets the standard of a special counsel"...

Really. So why is Mueller there. What "factual basis" justified him?

57 posted on 11/14/2017 10:11:49 AM PST by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Golden Eagle

Told ya so.


58 posted on 11/14/2017 10:11:56 AM PST by QuigleyDU
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To: Made In The USA

Trump reminds me of Lincoln...searching desperately for the man who will fight. Unfortunately, civil wars are easier for a president to manage than treason that dominate within the government structure itself. Ask Julius Caesar how that turns out.


59 posted on 11/14/2017 10:12:15 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

He does not see it that way.


60 posted on 11/14/2017 10:13:02 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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