Posted on 07/24/2017 7:50:29 AM PDT by Helicondelta
President Trump has floated the possibility of replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions with his steadfast ally Rudy Giuliani to serve in the top Justice Department post, Axios reported Monday.
Trump broached the idea in internal discussions about bringing in and surrounding himself with staunch supporters, sources within the West Wing told the news outlet.
Before The New York Times interview last week, Trump had already expressed anger and frustration at Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation, Axios reports.
Trump, during the interview, opined that Sessions' decision to recuse himself was "unfair" to him and he would've likely picked another person to lead the Justice Department if he had known this is the move Sessions would make.
In a tweet on Monday, Trump went after Sessions, calling him “beleaguered” and questioned why the attorney general and federal investigators are not looking into Hillary Clinton for her “crimes” and ties to Russia.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Here are what some of the enemies of Jeff Sessions are saying (go to the articles for the specific accomplishments):
Jeff Sessions has done more damage in his first 100 days than his boss
US attorney general Jeff Sessions may not be part of the biggest investigation in the Department of Justice, but as he reaches 100 days in office, there’s little doubt that he’s had an important impact on the American criminal-justice system—potentially for years to come.
Despite the political turmoil of the Trump administration, Sessions has moved to reverse a tide of progressive reform and to fulfill his boss’s law-and-order agenda, a collection of concepts loosely articulated during the 2016 presidential campaign. Sessions’ biggest actions, from undermining federal oversight of police departments to cracking down on undocumented immigrants, have worried a wide array of lawmakers, law-enforcement leaders, advocates and scientists.
“Of all the cabinet members, maybe even the president, he has to this point had the most significant impact as to policy changes,” said Jesselyn McCurdy, the deputy director at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Washington Legislative Office told Quartz.
Unlike his boss, Sessions is delivering on what he has promised—sometimes on causes he has championed for decades.
“There’s been a great bipartisan movement by organizations on the ground and members of Congress to reform the federal criminal-justice system, based on successes that have happened in the states, but the leader of opposition to that reform was Jeff Sessions, as a senator from Alabama,” McCurdy said. “These are all things that [Sessions], as a criminal justice reform opponent, had on his radar already.
McCurdy said Sessions was “definitely” living up to the ACLU’s concerns, and in some areas, fulfilling the worst-case scenarios.
Jeff Sessions ushers in 'Trump era' at the Justice Department
In just over two months, Sessions has proved to be a central figure in effectuating Trump's vision for America in tangible ways on immigration, crime, police reform and civil rights.
And while the White House searches for new messaging to frame what Trump has accomplished in the first 100 days in office, Sessions has single-handedly managed to make several significant domestic policy changes -- from pressing pause on implementing police reforms to withdrawing Obama-era protections for transgender students in public schools.
His radical transformation of the Justice Department's role is no accident.
Many of the changes Sessions has made thus far track a familiar principle of federalism: the notion that the federal government's powers are limited and it can't coerce states into action. In other words, the federal government should get out of the states' way.
Sessions' critics worry that he is well on his way to undoing many of the major progressive achievements of his predecessors, often by withdrawing from court cases or previous directives that fail to align with his views. Yet Trump supporters cheered Sessions on during the presidential campaign when he said, "the American people are not happy with their government."
Now that Sessions is the nation's top law enforcement officer, his defenders and critics universally agree: he's been busy fulfilling the President's campaign promises and he's just getting started.
One would think. Perhaps similar to Sessions, the president doesn't know the proper relationship.
Or maybe the President is just becoming a politician: Say and do anything to get elected, then say and do anything to stay in power because the rubes can’t remember what happened yesterday anyway.
Yes. I am aware that trump likes to deflect attention. Have you ever considered that trump actually is sending a message to Sleeping Jeff Sessions when he gives news interviews that he wouldnt have chosen him if he had known certain facts, and then follows it up with another set of tweets demanding to know why various clinton obama people havent been investigated and prosecuted.?
Do you really think all these comments by trump about sessions and the lack of DOJ action are merely trump liking to hear himself talk?
Sessions has been doing a great job with the illegals.
> replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions with his steadfast ally Rudy Giuliani <
Wait...wasn’t Sessions also a “steadfast ally”? Having said that, I wish Trump would have picked Giuliani in the first place.
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iirc, didn’t rudy have foreign business warts that hurt his consideration for AG?
Rooty?
The former board member for The Stonewall Veterans Association while also Mayor of New York city?
The one who actually attended meetings rather than honorarily lending his name?
That guy?
Hell no.
Some people were paying attention to what was going on back then.
When asked before Rudy said he’s very happy with what he’s doing currently. But maybe Trump talked him into the job. For the country.
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>> “Does anyone believe Cruz is a Trump supporter?” <<
When it counted he was.
It was the work of Cruz that won the rust belt in the closing weeks of the campaign. (using his own campaign funds too).
Cruz is one of the few real supporters of our republic. He never says the word “democracy” in regard to this nation.
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JAY SEKULOW would be a better choice.
Idiocy runs rampant here on FreeRepublic these days.
I love Jay Sekulow, but he'd be just about the worst -- and most useless -- person you could ever put in the AG role.
He's currently working on Trump's personal legal team ... which means he'd be forced to recuse himself permanently from any matters involving Donald Trump.
Trump's vision included going after the pot-heads and expanding civil asset forfeiture?
Sessions consulted with the DOJ Ethics Office after he assumed office. They recommended recusal. Perhaps the fact that the FBI ongoing investigation into the Trump campaign since July 2016 had something to do with it. Sessions probably learned of the investigation after he took office. No one knew about this investigation until Comey disclosed it after Sessions took office.
YES YES YES!!!! Please please please!!
I agree that Sessions has been doing well fighting for the rest of Trump’s agenda. But Sessions has been MIA going after the toughest criminals, the Deep State ones.
...Trump went after Sessions, calling him “beleaguered” and questioned why the attorney general and federal investigators are not looking into Hillary Clinton for her “crimes” and ties to Russia...
Rudy probably salivates at the thought of being able to go after Hillary. Sick her.
Recusing from WHAT though? His confirmation hearing has a handful of recusal questions, with the cases being identified. Drubin brought up investigation of the Trump campaign as a hypothetical. Sessions said he didn't think he would be conflicted on that, but he'd consider it case-by-case.
-- The WH and cabinet seriously need to begin coordinating their communications and decisions more closely and more professionally. --
Mistakes are inevitable. As for what Trump says, some of it is meant to be taken literally, some is purposeful jabbing. On his remarks pertaining to Sessions, lack of investigation, and so on, I'm of a mind that the real target of the message isn't Sessions or anybody else in the DoJ.
People around here should have learned one thing from the previous six months. Whatever is being reported in the news is wrong. If it’s “Bannon’s gone,” it’s wrong. If it’s “McMaster staging a coup” it’s wrong.
And that goes for Cernovich and some of “our” journalists as well. They all have their “sources” which means one or two people that tells them what they want to hear. And they all want drama.
I have one source. Just one. Steve Bannon. And he is VERY quiet most of the time and only just confirms or denies certain things-—I never get long exposes on what is happening in the White House. I asked him about the report last week from Drudge that he was “under fire” or “on his way out” and his response was two words: “fake news.” I’ll see him on Aug 5 at the White House & MAYBE will get more details.
But I doubt it. I think the innards of Team Trump: Bannon, Priebus, Jared, McMaster, Kelly, Sessions, and Miller are really really buttoned down and have BIG things in the works.
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Sessions has proved to be the biggest nothing burger in the cabinet!
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Who leaked this and why?
To get a fast start Tump could recess appoint him. It could happen this August summer recess it would be good for 18 months until the next Cong Session that starts in 2019 January ...I so recall. Rudy could do a lot of draining the sewer in that time frame.
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