Posted on 03/03/2017 9:48:05 PM PST by MaxistheBest
On his way out the door, Obama also rewrote the line of succession in cases where the AG recuses himself. (I didn't know there was such a previously-planned chain of succession.)
He specifically wrote one senior guy out of the succession, and re-routed the succession to go right to his friendlies.
Amid Thursday;s over-hyped brouhaha about Jeff Sessions meeting with the Russian ambassador, a curious detail emerged. In Sessions's recusal memo, it was explained who at the Justice Department would be handling any investigations into the Trump campaign's alleged ties to Russia. "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," reads Sessions's official statement on the matter.
Except that if the Obama administration had its way, Dana Boente wasn't supposed be the U.S. attorney to handle these matters in the event that Sessions recused himself. On February 10, USA Today reported the following:
Seven days before he left office, President Obama changed the order of succession without explanation to remove Boente from the list. Obama's order had listed U.S. attorneys in the District of Columbia, the Northern District of Illinois and the Central District of California.
That seems like awfully suspicious behavior. In fact the USA Today story noted this is pegged to the news that Trump quietly signed an executive order restoring Boente to the line of succession. The Obama administration chicanery was likely brought to White House's attention after Obama holdover and acting Attorney General Sally Yates tried to usurp the powers of the president and countermand his immigration executive order, actions for which she was summarily fired.
Why would the Obama administration make this eleventh-hour change to the line of succession at the Justice Department?
Fire...Them...All.
And launch painful, expensive investigations and prosecutions. Right now, Trump basically has a staff of paid assassins cooking his meals for him.
THE SWAMP IS WIDER AND DEEPER THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. KEEP PRAYING EVERYONE FOR JUSTICE TO BE SERVED AND EVIL TO BE UNVEILED AND DESTROYED.
—very— interesting article !! Thanks for posting it!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3531296/posts?page=1#1
Ping to 0 changing the line of succession for deputy AG, and President Trump changing it back.
BRILLIANT!!!
The DJT team played three moves ahead and out-maneuvered the Deep State.
Kudos to whoever caught this sabotage in time.
"...the whole thing was a setup to get Sessions out. That's why the Dems are screaming for a special prosecutor...Team Trump blew up their plan A!! Also Team Trump had planned all along to have Sessions recluse himself. These Trump guys know how to play ball.
Check out Article and # 1 .
Thanks, WildHighlander.
Max —
Great catch! You made my morning!
What this means is...
Do not only pray for Trump and Pence.
Pray for the permanent removal from power of BO and his allies.
“Max —
Great catch! You made my morning!”
Thanks...mine too:)
I agree: fire them all, and eventually replace Boente, since he is also a 0 appointee.
Lock Obama up.
> Exactly this. I don’t understand why it hasn’t happened yet.
Because of the Russia attack. If Trump fires they then go around claiming they just about to prosecute Trump and he fired them for it and the guys like McCain will enable them. This is the deep state at war with the Constitution.
Trump needs to start arresting these traitors left behind by Odumbi. Firing them isn’t going to hurt them, the dems will get them jobs somewhere else.
Arrest those mayors of Sanctuary Cities and Counties and Jail those in Government who are working against Trump.
Get Arpaio to run the jail.
So many people needing to go to prison for life and so few prison cells. Time to build camps to house them all while more maximum security prisons are built.
Thy are attempting to overthrow the president. Treason and hanging. The entire socialist lot.
He needs to dig up the dead ones and fire the live ones.
Fire...Them...All.
I like Arnold's line better... "Your Terminated!"
I like Arnold's line better... "You're Terminated!"
Of course they go back a bit, DB has invites to all the best parties in DC, so it is only natural that a jellyfish like Sessions would cosy up to get at the expensive caviar, wine, and cheese ...
Here is a link to the Weekly standard post on this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3531311/posts
Investigate Obama and lock him up.
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