Posted on 07/25/2017 4:59:25 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails & DNC server) & Intel leakers!
Problem is that the acting head of the FBI & the person in charge of the Hillary investigation, Andrew McCabe, got $700,000 from H for wife!
(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...
I can’t help but think there is a strategy to Sessions’ visually laid back plan of attack. I hope. But then, Alabama’s governorship will be in play soon and that may be Sessions’ target. The stand in governor, since the lusty parakeet resigned, is a unknown quantity. But Sessions is no idiot,and may have a plan on putting several high ranking Obamateers in prison.
The “collegiality” of the Senate.
Dropping a not too subtle hint here.
Thank you much!
Not really. Administrations have always decided what various departments might emphasize, including the DOJ. Some administrations have set out to go after organized crime, others white collar crime, and Trump and Sessions clearly set goals for the DOJ to enforce immigration law and other laws previous administrations had ignored.
Political decisions have always been made about what the DOJ will or will not focus on.
And Trump decided early on that his administration would not focus on going after the Clintons. If he changed his mind, he should have discussed that with Sessions in private.
“Sessions works for him so why not take the issue up with him directly”
It’s hard to believe he hasn’t. My best guess is that Trump’s got something going on that we don’t know about.
I agree with that 100%, but that should have been a private conversation between Trump and Sessions, not a series of classless remarks to the press and in a string of tweets.
I hope the DOJ and FBI do pursue all those crimes, especially the Clintons and Lois Lerner and the IRS misdeeds, and all unmasking, etc.
But anyone who doesn't think all the trashing of Sessions in public is demoralizing others in the administration, or that it will make it harder to recruit good people for unfilled positions, doesn't anything about organizations or about people.
kabar —
I truly appreciate your factual, and well reasoned responses on this thread (and others).
Sessions was indeed a prosecutor, and a very good one. He is incredibly faithful to the rule of law. His actions since becoming AG have been “by the book,” and not guided by passion or revenge. He removed himself from the election turmoil, as was proper under DOJ rules, and all states codes of ethics. He clearly would have the APPEARANCE of a conflict. He was/is maintaining the purity of any investigation. He will speak no evil of PDJT, that is a component of his character.
As to him prosecuting HRC, he took his orders from PEDJT, in November. It seems to this pilgrim that if PDJT wants to change his mind, he should announce it, and not push blame to others. PEDJT left no doubt that HRC shouldn’t be prosecuted. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/us/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-investigation.html
I wish PDJT would be straightforward and reveal what his true desire wrt HRC is. Then AG Sessions could be a man and decide whether to pursue or resign. I believe he would be a man of integrity. I also know that there may be investigations ongoing, which have not been leaked to the press. PDJT may not be aware of them.
Again, thanks for your sane responses.
Gwjack
I do agree with that. Trump vacillates so much on what he stands on that it gets frustrating to watch.
I also agree that Sessions needs to do his job and grow some balls.
Trump is doing amazing here. Turning up the pressure on the swamp by not allowing things to be done in secret. Shining a light on what’s happening and not happening and among the questions he wants Americans to ask.
“Sessions was and is Trump’s best appointment. Trump is making him into a scapegoat. Sessions recused himself based on a recommendation from the DOJ ethics office.”
Yeah, right - a “recommendation” given from a DOJ “ethics” office chock full of OBAMA holdovers! Puleeeze!
I will give you one more.
Outside of the Trump cult his criticizing his own appointees publicly (to the NY Timess yet) looks like failure and weakness on his part.
Its not done for a reason.
He is supposed to be the leader, only he can fire Sessions.
Yes, that whole situation is a mess but Trump's in charge.
This line of attack on his own Attorney General, the loyal Sen. Jeff Sessions who conservatives used to praise, suggests to me President Trump is in trouble.
Perception becomes reality. You don't publicly advocate such investigations. It is up to DOJ and the FBI to make those determinations based on evidence. And those investigations are kept secret and not commented upon by DOJ and the FBI. It was only until March that we found out the Trump campaign had been under investigation by the FBI since July 2016.
Trump has not mentioned using the IRS in his tweets that I have seen.
LOL. You missed the point. It was the Obama administration that used the IRS as a political weapon. We conservatives rightly condemned it. By the way, why is Koskinen still running the IRS? He should have been fired by Trump the day he took office.
Sessions’ only credit to date as AG is to VIOLATE the Constitution with his guidelines on Asset Forfeiture. I have not agreed with any of your posts on this subject, including the lie about Sessions following the “Rule of Law”. Everyone knows that the rule of law does cannot overstep the Constitution. Asset forfeiture is a violation.
If it is a violation, SCOTUS will decide that issue. In them meantime, it goes on at all levels of government. Ask the drug dealers.
Anyone questioning Jeff Sessions' credentials as a conservative either knows nothing about his record or history or they are a Dem troll trying to remove him from being AG. The Dems and liberals fear Sessions the most. He is the most dangerous man in the Trump cabinet as far as the liberals are concerned.
You need to read Sessions' brilliant 2014 article, Becoming the Party of Work--How the GOP can help struggling Americans, and itself, that should be required reading for an GOP candidate running for office. Trump obviously did because it was the template for his victory.
Sessions is not the enemy. He is trying to drain the swamp.
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.
You are wrong. Here is his recusal statement:
“During the course of the confirmation proceedings on my nomination to be Attorney General, I advised the Senate Judiciary Committee that ‘[i]f a specific matter arose where I believed my impartiality might reasonably be questioned, I would consult with Department ethics officials regarding the most appropriate way to proceed.’
“During the course of the last several weeks, I have met with the relevant senior career Department officials to discuss whether I should recuse myself from any matters arising from the campaigns for President of the United States.
“Having concluded those meetings today, I have decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for President of the United States.
“I have taken no actions regarding any such matters, to the extent they exist.
“This announcement should not be interpreted as confirmation of the existence of any investigation or suggestive of the scope of any such investigation.
“Consistent with the succession order for the Department of Justice, Acting Deputy Attorney General and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Dana Boente shall act as and perform the functions of the Attorney General with respect to any matters from which I have recused myself to the extent they exist.”
Wrong. Career bureaucrats.
Wray, Trump’s choice should soon be heading the FBI. I would think McCabe will be demoted to the mailroom once Wray takes the reins.
That says it all. I guess the deck is stacked against Trump. If he fires Sessions, he is a villain. If he does not, he has to let the dem commie inspired inquires move along looking for a crime or if none if found, to make one up.
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