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.
Which is also why the eGOP are fighting Trump from every angle.
Dems circled the wagons around Clinton in Benghazi hearings and fired at Gowdy&GOP. GOP isn't doing the same for AG Sessions. Pathetic. pic.twitter.com/oubZdwuyJ8— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) March 2, 2017
The need to get on board. Just how many NeverTrumper Republicans in office can be primaried?Folks, @realDonaldTrump is fighting by himself in the swamp of D.C. GOP estab is NOT throwing political punches for him. He needs us NOW! pic.twitter.com/8bJFbcLF2g— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) March 4, 2017
Whenever one of my kids say “Eric Holder,” I wash their mouth out with soap. Such language!
How much time do you think it would take, given he's POTUS not Congress? A speech, a few tweets...
Or do you think term limits are not even worth that?
I understand that last month Trump replaced this guy with a real professional.
Too bad Sessions didn’t say this:
I will recuse myself only when my staff is in place. So when you confirm my staff I will recuse myself.
Leverage. But alas, he didn’t and caved rather quickly to the calls to resign or recuse.
I wanted Christy or Gowdy. Even with Christy’s warts and hugs to Obama, Christy would have been a bull dog and not caved to the Dems squeals to resign or recuse.
Sessions is a good, moral, ethical man, but he is too much of a Gentlemen to play against Obama and his cretions.
I think lot of Repubs have been wiretapped; Issa came out of blue calling for Sessions to recuse himself when he has been so silent and non-winner on any of investigations. Then Graham, McCain, few others.
I think Obama has black-mail info on so many Congress,Senators in both parties.
Christie has proven his prosecutorial prowess in the real world with his convictions in the NJ cesspool.
You think just because they fired some people, obama is giving up?
Not even worth that. Our problem is and has been the electorate not politicians. Term limits would take as many good men as bad out. Many states have term limits and they are still Clown Cars.
Didn’t Boente sign the bogus FISA?
Turns out Boente signed the bogus FISA request
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