Posted on 06/16/2017 8:02:02 AM PDT by God luvs America
The senior Justice Department official with ultimate authority over the special counsel's probe of Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 election has privately acknowledged to colleagues that he may have to recuse himself from the matter, which he took charge of only after Attorney General Jeff Sessions' own recusal, sources tell ABC News.
Those private remarks from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein are significant because they reflect the widening nature of the federal probe, which now includes a preliminary inquiry into whether President Donald Trump attempted to obstruct justice when he allegedly tried to curtail the probe and then fired James Comey as FBI director.
Rosenstein, who authored an extensive and publicly-released memorandum recommending Comey's firing, raised the possibility of his recusal during a recent meeting with Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, the Justice Department's new third-in-command, according to sources.
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ABC News ... “Sources say...” = FAKE NEWS!!!
All of Washington D.C. needs to recuse themselves on this matter. The whole swamp.
All due respect, I’ll wait for another source.
They need to recuse themselves of the house and senate, then go home.
Since Rosenstein appointed Comey’s BFF Mueller as special prosecutor, Mueller must recuse himself as well.
There is as much evidence of Russian collusion against any and every potential prosecutor as there is against Trump. Everyone needs to recuse themselves.
Disclaimer: I recuse myself because I once watched a Russian movie with English subtitles. And I also corresponded with a cute Russian girl who decided to spend a year in Siberia to earn airfare to me rather than video with me so I could see if she was really some hairy Russian guy dating scammer.
understood and agreed but lets see if the rest of the criminal liberal media breathlessly report this...its good for our side...
Why? These are all deep state news organizations and they are broadcasting the plan to take Trump out.
And IF Rosenstein recuses himself.
We may be better off. The replacement would be a Trump nominee: Rachel Brand
The AG also said not to believe ‘fake news” stories.
They could be making this whole thing up, and they are prohibited from conforming OR denying it...
ALL of the “leader” class needs to recuse themselves from “serving”. Look at the various messes they have created and fostered. Great “leaders”.
How many different ways can a reporter without a source, create one?
I have to recuse myself too because I really liked Natasha and Boris on the Rocky and Bullwinkle show. That was 50 years ago but I still feel obliged.
FIRE THE USLESS PR!CK! He and Sessions have f*ucked up the Justice Department worse than either Holder or Lynch did.
I admit I had a thing for Tatiana Romanova!
“Sources tell.”
In other words, this story isn’t even worth spitting on.
He needs to fire Mueller before he does.
They must be trying to arrange Schumer to head up the investigation.
Thanks again, Jeff Sessions. You talk about something spinning completely out of control.
“...whether President Donald Trump attempted to obstruct justice when he allegedly tried to curtail the probe and then fired James Comey as FBI director.”
That is what the American people are being bombarded with.
The Establishment is building up a situation where they will force Trump to make a move, will have to make a move. Then the MSM jackals will really start to foam at the mouth.
There just might be a civil war. The globalist would love it.
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