Posted on 05/02/2018 9:55:44 AM PDT by mandaladon
President Donald Trump on Wednesday called his own administration a "rigged system" and threatened to "get involved" a dispute between the Justice Department and Congress over the release of documents.
Trump appeared to be responding to frustrations from conservative Republicans that the Justice Department has not turned over documents related to controversial topics, including surveillance of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
The presiden has been open about his frustrations with the Justice Department over its handling of the special counsel's Russia investigation.
Trump's timing also appeared to be linked to Fox News contributor and former congressman Jason Chaffetz's morning comments about the DOJ and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's assertion that he won't be "extorted" by Congress.
At issue there: The DOJ's documents detailing the FBI's investigation into the now closed case of Hillary Clinton's private email server.
House Republican lawmakers have threatened impeachment if Rosenstein and the DOJ don't hand over the documents they seek, unredacted.
Rosenstein on Tuesday said, bring it on.
"I can tell you that there have been people who have been making threats, privately and publicly, against me for quite some time," Rosenstein said. "I think they should understand by now the Department of Justice is not gonna be extorted."
Chaffetz, former chairman of the House Oversight Committee, wasn't having it Wednesday.
"You can impeach a civil officer. For (Rosenstein) to say Congress is going to extort him by exercising their constitutional responsibility means to me he needs to go brush up on the Constitution," Chaffetz said on Fox News' "America's Newsroom."
The Justice Department does not "want to provide the documents. This deep state doesn't want to be exposed. So when (Rosenstein) thumbs his nose at Congress, he thumbs it at the American people," Chaffetz said.
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In before the Sessions bashing.
Mr. Magoo
Granny from Beverly Hillbillies
Keebler Elf
Sessions is USELESS!
Trump needs to IMMEDIATELY order the DOJ to respond to Congress' subpoena, IN FULL. DO IT TODAY.
Actually, to me it's not about incompetence. It's about where his loyalties lie, and what his personal risks are. How many people in public office actually do things because ‘it's the right thing to do.’? I personally think that number is quite low. Sessions is out for Sessions, foremost.
It’s become so obvious the swamp has something on Sessions...forcing him to neglect his duties...
Trump should order that DoJ give Congress all the FISA applications, and all documents - un-redacted - to the appropriate Congressional Committees immediately and fire anyone who refuses.
Nice guy, I know. But isn't he the head of the DOJ? And all of those guys work FOR him?
So why doesn't he tell his underlings to get 'er done? My manager tells me he needs something to get done - it gets done.
Trump should issue the EO to enforce the congressional subpoena and send in the US Marshals.
Offices of DOJ AND the rosenweasel’s home. No knock pre-dawn raid is entirely justified.
If Sessions were doing his ***JOB*** Trump wouldn’t have to fire Rosenstein.
Joe DiGenova on Hannity [shortly after conferring with Trump]:
“Comey is dirty, Rosentein is compromised. Jeff Sessions has a duty to fire Rosenstein NOW... It’s HIS job, not Trump’s.”
When are they going top start firing all the Obama’s hand picked worst Lawyers in the world ?
Yep, trying to drag their feet for 8 years - terrible.
WTF!!?!
Who the hell do these people think they are? Don’t they know who they work for?
All I can say is that if you are employed by the federal government, in any capacity, you better drop to to your knees and pray to God that this attempted coup d’ etat fails.
Demanding those documents is ‘Obstruction of Justice’
They keep it up amd Mueller will have them dragged down to the Grand Jury and put under Oath asked questions like “What were you thinking when......?”
Another ‘Trump is thinking about it’, don’t ‘Think’ about it, just do it.
“Trump should order that DoJ give Congress all the FISA applications, and all documents - un-redacted - to the appropriate Congressional Committees immediately and fire anyone who refuses.”
He should have done this a year ago.
You left out Alfred E. Sessions.
Trump may have to do the job Alfred E. Sessions refuses to do.
Should have fired Rosenstein a year ago. Do it NOW.
“It’s become so obvious the swamp has something on Sessions...forcing him to neglect his duties...”
I believe that the swamp has something on almost everyone in Congress! Read The Firm by John Grisham and you will see a microcosm of how DC operates!
He is not useless to the democrats and the deep state.
In before the Sessions bashing.
Mr. Magoo
Granny from Beverly Hillbillies
Keebler Elf
You are like a demented Japanese Fangirl, screaming at anyone that dares attack her beloved Boy toy group.
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