I never believe anything Larry Nichols said. I used to ... back in 199x, but not since then - he had insight to the Clintons but no access to Trump. However he might likely well have insight to Judge K legacy (though not much current) from OIC days.
I always ponder - as somebody noted above, the problem with RR always is that *everything* goes through him, particularly F-I. He picked Wray ... we’re told TRUST WRAY. It’s hard to see how we can TRUST ]SESSIONS[ and TRUST WRAY with RR - as blackest of black hat - inbetween.
We will (should) know in about 72 hours now!
He’s an oddball (Nichols) for sure and I should have qualified the remarks. But then Dock Morris is in the same category. I didn’t reference Nichols for credibility but rather possible insight as to what could be plausible.
What these type of people have in common is a ‘sense’ of how the game is played because they were up close to it, right next to it.
What people forget is RR’s wife Barsoomian. One can’t get much thicker into the Clinton camp than her. There’s really no argument that RR is a ‘swamp’ creature and would be inclined to get Trump if he could. He’s completely in the social club of the swamp. That’s his life.
As Q points out repeatedly, what was the vote count on Sessions? What was it on RR?
RR is their guy. He’s the leftist progressive guy that they want where he is.
Why did he write that memo against Comey?
Because HRC wanted Comey punished, if not dead. She blamed Comey for her loss.
RR obliged and then sized up what he could do as the de facto inside face of the Clinton-Obama camps.
Trump gave RR the job because there was improper vetting and RR was the next in line behind Yates who was fired. POTUS was learning the ropes and relied on Priebus and others to get the right people. Well, Priebus and others are long gone. There are even thoughts that General Kelly was caught flat-footed which caused POTUS’s dissatisfaction with the General. But Kelly as DHS Director and head of the SS tightened things up and righted the ship.
All that’s in the past. Now 18 months later, what to do with RR? Get rid of him!
As for POTUS handling RR, Trump was always handling underworld personas, mobsters, he’s used to it. He had to deal with hooligans throughout his life.
RR is in the negative zone, he’s connected to all the wrong people. POTUS likely had people watch him while he sidelined him. By that means POTUS likely had some of his very sharp WH lawyers look at how to handle Rosenstein. POTUS’s frustration was real, it was sincere. Then we learn of this Huber fellow. I think that is POTUS’s response card.
People either forget or are unaware that POTUS is the DOJ, POTUS is the FBI. The President can call for special details of person in any agency to perform certain classified missions that department heads don’t even know of. POTUS’s Chief of Staff can inform RR and Sessions that they pulling DOJ/FBI personnel for special projects and then it goes dark. In effect, POTUS sets up his own groups outside the chain of command of Sessions, RR, Wray. This happens in the military all the time.