Posted on 09/23/2018 11:07:57 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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For years, Rosenstein had carefully tended to his reputation as an apolitical lawman, beloved of both parties. At a time when Trump nominees for top executive offices were extraordinarily difficult to move through the Senate with Republicans holding a razor thin 51–49 majority, Rosenstein breezed to confirmation as deputy attorney general by the margin of 94 to 6, with overwhelming #Resistance support.
Yet, on Comey’s firing, he badly misdiagnosed the Democrats. Like the president and some B-Team White House advisers, Rosenstein figured that his memo — so solicitous of Mrs. Clinton, so respectful of Democratic as well as Republican rebukes of Comey — would be applauded by Democrats, who blamed the former director for Clinton’s defeat. It had apparently escaped Rosenstein’s notice that Democrats had moved on from Hillary. Anti-Trump derangement was now the order of the day, and Comey had made himself useful in that effort, particularly during March House testimony in which Comey publicly fingered the president’s campaign as a suspect in Russian sabotage. Whatever contempt Democrats might silently harbor for Comey, the president’s firing of him presented a political opportunity to accuse Trump of obstructing the Russia probe. The president, Democrats said, must’ve feared that the FBI director was about to expose a corrupt Trump–Putin conspiracy.
The apoplectic Democratic reaction sent Rod a-reeling...
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Nevertheless, it was on May 16, in the wake of Comey’s firing and on the same day as the Times blockbuster report about Comey’s Trump/Flynn memo, that Rosenstein raised with McCabe the possibility of removing Trump via the 25th Amendment. Less than 24 hours later, on May 17, Rosenstein suddenly announced the appointment of a special counsel.
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Was Mueller wearing a wire? Had he already agreed with or contemplated accepting from Rosenstein the special counsel position which he did the next day?
Did Mueller conceal from President Trump during his interview the fact that he had agreed or had discussed acting as Special Counsel to investigate Trump?
18 U.S. Code § 1001 makes it unlawful for anyone to conceal a material fact in the course of any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive branch, which would include the process of interviewing for and selecting a new FBI Director by the president.
Did Mueller commit this felony on May 16, 2017 when he was interviewed by President Trump?
We need a second special counsel and legal process to preserve and obtain all communications among Rosenstein, Mueller, McCabe, Comey and others who participated in the plot to appoint a special counsel in an investigation with no legitimate basis in order to attempt to remove or undermine a president.
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Masterfully written, and equally damning of Jeff, they have dirt on me, Sessions.
Can you imagine Barack Obama with a DoJ out to get him? And put him in jail?
Sessions/Wray/ Rosenstein have sided on the side of Coverup and deception even single time it comes down to releasing Info on the case.
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No, No a thousand times No to a second Special Counsel! It would be more wasting taxpayer money chasing unicorns. There is more than sufficient evidence, in the form of memos, testimony and signed documents, to issue warrants. Arrest the traitors NOW.
What ever happened to; “we are a nation of laws and not of men”?
Gone, gone, gone.....
Who is going to arrest the traitors?
Pish-posh! We're a democracy, or a representative republic, or anything except a Constitutional Republic.
/extreme sarcasm
If you give Rosenstein the benefit of the doubt because the bad actors pushed him to appoint the SC, at some point he had to know he was scammed and became a witness. At that point he should have recused himself or shut down the SC.
Re: Mueller interviewing for FBI position - I heard it said that he was not interviewing for FBI Directorship because there is a law that says you cannot be Director but one time. The law was created b/o J. Edgar Hoover. I’ve also heard it said that Mueller and Trump spent hours talking that day.
This info came from Dr Dave Janda on YouTube.
Per Wiki: In May 2011, President Barack Obama asked Mueller to continue at the helm of the FBI for two additional years beyond his normal 10-year term, which would have expired on September 4, 2011. The Senate approved this request 100-0 on July 27, 2011. On September 4, 2013, Mueller was replaced by James Comey.
He may have been FBI head one time but they had to vote to extend his leadership. So it appears exceptions can be made to the rules in emergency situation.
Footnote. I love how many times McCarthy calls Rosenstein a weasel.
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