NOEL FRANCISCO
Posted on 09/24/2018 8:37:01 AM PDT by 11th_VA
- The Justice Department's rules of succession dictate that Solicitor General Noel Francisco would be next in line to take over for Rosenstein.
- Francisco's track record as a lawyer mirrors Trump's rhetoric against intelligence authorities, with cases that include rebukes of the FBI and a defense of executive authority.
Francisco served as White House counsel under George W. Bush and was a DOJ lawyer until 2005, when he joined Jones Day, where he worked with several future Trump appointees, including White House general counsel Don McGahn, who is expected to leave the Trump administration this fall, and took stances against various prosecutions of public officials.
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In a 2016 op-ed, Francisco took aim at then-FBI Director James Comey, who he said had acted in political interests by watering down an investigation of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. In a case earlier this year with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Francisco reasserted Trump's constitutional ability to hire and fire almost all federal authorities.
"The Constitution gives the president what the framers saw as the traditional means of ensuring accountability: the power to oversee executive officers through removal," Francisco wrote. "The president is accordingly authorized under our constitutional system to remove all principal officers, as well as all 'inferior officers' he has appointed."
If appointed to Rosenstein's post, Francisco would have the potential authority to fire Mueller, an authority that has been widely debated but not officially agreed to, concerning whether or not it applies to Trump.
(snip) Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told Business Insider last month he thought Francisco made for an ideal candidate to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Judge Janine Pirro or Ms. Powell, I watch both on TV and they ain’t swamp people. Dobbs has Powell on all the time.
Would be nice to look at nice faces for a change.
Besides Whoopie would shoot herself in the head if MS. Pirro
got the job.
“The succession question is actually a bit complicated. By default, under an obscure statute known as the the Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, Brand’s temporary successor as the “acting” associate attorney general is her principal deputy, Jesse Panuccio. That same statute would also allow the president to choose someone else to serve as the “acting” AAG on a temporary basis for up to 210 days; the pool of individuals from which the president could draw in this case includes individuals already holding Senate-confirmed positions elsewhere in the executive branch (like EPA administrator Scott Pruitt) or senior civil service lawyers in the Justice Department, specifically.”
“Acting”
https://www.justice.gov/asg
“You have to answer for Santino, Rod.”
“What about Trey Gowdy? My money is on him...”
I do not trust Trey Gowdy at all. I would vote no on this one.
Good Lord, no. The guy is a fake. A busted hand that bluffs that he’s a Royal Flush.
Odds 50 to 1, but it would be a good scenario.
Gowdy must I remind you said nice stuff about Mueller and didn’t think the SC probe should be ended.
Gowdy is a no for me.
He should say that Mueller is wrapping up and would have contacted him in the past year so it's now appropriate to help Mueller close this out.
Post 15-
A hearty “210” thank yous.
“Gowdy has done nothing but talk. He’s useless.”
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Absolutely - Well said!!
Trey Howdy Doody? The southern fried chicken version of dayrl issa.
Both all hat no cattle.
“Gowdy must I remind you said nice stuff about Mueller and didn’t think the SC probe should be ended.”
That too. No on Gowdy.
So can we expect truth, justice, and honor?
Mueller has gone back on his statement that he was wrapping up the SC and writing a report before the midterms.
Mueller has delayed the Flynn verdict several time. Justice delayed is justice denied.
We need a candidate who will investigate Muellers team especially Weissman and Strzok actions.
Well, that might be considered a wound to the lower abdomen.
Sheriff Clarke please.
Let’s get a guy with actual experience of nailing the bad guys and of unquestionable patriotism and integrity in
Joe Digenova. He will send shivers down the spines of Mueller and his vicious gang of Clinton donors.
No, Joe Degenova.(sp)
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