Posted on 06/19/2017 10:49:00 AM PDT by drewh
According to sources with links to the Justice Department and intelligence community, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was ordered by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, to write two separate memos regarding Director Comey; one that argued for Comeys strengths as FBI Director and the second, which Sessions used in his obstruction of justice to fire Director Comey.
This means that it is Jeff Sessions may be directly responsible for obstructing justice by misusing Rosensteins pro and con Comey memos, and not Donald Trump. The Deputy Attorney General made a point of saying that even in his negative memo, he would not recommend that Donald Trump fire Director Comey. On the night James Comey was fired by Trump, using the Sessions memos, Rosenstein had to be persuaded not to resign himself, so angered was he that Jeff Sessions had tricked him and misused only one of his two memos.
However, DAG Rosenstein was persuaded that it would be madness to resign and allow a right-wing partisan loyal to Trump, and only confirmed on a party-line vote, take his position overseeing the inquiry. Sessions had been forced to recuse, and the game was now to eliminate Rosenstein. Instead, the Deputy Attorney General immediately appointed Special Counsel Mueller, and left any decisions on recusals to him.
As I reported on Twitter at the time, both Andy McCabe and Rod Rosenstein had Director Comeys full confidence and they still do.
The concerted effort to concoct a forced recusal which will not happen is seen by sources as a push from Russian interests using selected commentators in the US media, some of whom may not realize they are being used in this way, because only one of the Rosenstein Comey Memos was ever used (and abused) by Jeff Sessions.
Sources say that the USIC has indeed long been playing a game of chess with Mr. Putin. Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham confirmed Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, these sources say, deliberately in order to trap both Trump and Sessions. Both men were well aware of the conflicts Sessions had with Russia, and Senator McCain, who gave to US intelligence a much fuller version of the Steele Dossier, in particular, knew some of the reported signals intelligence on meetings Sessions had had with pro-Russian lobbyists. By confirming Sessions as Attorney General they removed him from the Russia inquiry, and this was deliberate.
Sources with links to the intelligence community report deep anger at what is seen as a push by the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who has both close ties to Vladimir Putin and funds PR companies in the United States, to push for the forced recusal of DAG Rosenstein on spurious grounds that he is a witness to obstruction of justice .
It is plain to see that Mr. Trump will always be able to cherry-pick Justice Department and other third branch personnel if he were able to force them into recusal merely by picking a quarrel with them, these sources say. Special Counsel Mueller is unmoved by media parlor games incited by Mr. Deripaska, who is currently, whether he knows it or not, under the spotlight by the United States Intelligence Community, who resent Putins ongoing attempted intervention in their work.
because it is very useful to know what the enemy is doing at all times ...and to plan counter tatics accordingly
Fake news BS. Does anyone really think that Rosenstein would write two memos even if ordered? This crap doesn't deserve posting.
Of course they have nothing, but I wouldn’t rely on this woman for confirmation.
Suicide by nuke? I know that the democrats keep trying to go that way by provoking Putin every chance they get, but...
What else could you expect when you place a politician in charge of the Justice Department?
I agree it may not all be correct. But I believe that McQueeg is weasel enough to do it! :)
Really? Posting garbage like this nonsense? Need a tinfoil hat to go along?
Apparently this poster needs a tinfoil hat.
Any drivel from Louise Wench is inherently untrustworthy. She is a certifiable loon.
I think it's important to know what your enemies are doing. I don't think that the OP deserves scorn for posting this, it's helpful.
A lot of times watching the MSM you can't figure out what in the heck they are talking about. If you read Mensch then it starts to make more sense, because a lot of them are reading her.
Let me clarify that, you can see that supposedly professional journalists are being taken in by her wild conspiracy theories.
The odd thing about Mensch is she has broken a couple actual stories along the way. The entire use of FISA warrants to spy on Trump was broken by her. It was dismissed initially, but proved out.
So, I continue to support the posting of he articles on FR. It's an excellent service.
Has she ever made a statement that was verified as anything beyond lunacy?
If not, it is not a question of “knowing what the enemy is doing...and plan counter tactics.” You don’t waste time dealing with fantasy enemies.
Why are you posting this leftist garbage?
Yes. Louise Mensch is the one who first told us that FISA warrents were issued against Trump associates, and I believe she was also the first to bring up the "unmasking process".
She has been wrong about a lot too, though.
Even other leftists, like the guys over at Slate, think she's got issues: Louise Mensch and the Rise of the Liberal Conspiracy Theorist
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