Posted on 07/19/2017 6:14:34 PM PDT by SkyPilot
Curly Bill to make an appearance shortly.
You are ill-informed. DACA is in the courts and is going to be ruled unconstitutional if there is any semblance of the rule of law in SCOTUS. There is a bipartisan voter fraud commission in existence with Kris Kobach as the deputy chair of the commission.
Sessions was named in November, November 18. I don't recall any "Russia investigation" being on the radar at that point in time.
Sessions was asked about Russia during his confirmation (Trump faults Sessions for his answer to Franken), but I don't believe any suggestion about the campaign being under investigation had surfaced yet. At most, Flynn was viewed as "Russia dodgey," but Flynn didn't resign until Feb 13, weeks after Sessions' confirmation hearings.
In Trump's statement, he blames Sessions for not apprising Trump that Sessions was bound to recuse - that Sessions' omission was "unfair -- and that's a mild word."
LoL! Great comparison pics!
Doug you know he did not have to recuse himself, there was no law or rule that required him to, anymore than the Lesbian wing of the Supreme Court recused them self on gay marriage.
Can you name a time when Democrats backed down when they were in charge?
From wikipedia
He was born in Selma, Alabama, on December 24, 1946,[1] the son of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, Jr., and the former Abbie Powe.[2] He was named after his father, who was named after his grandfather, who was named after Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America,[3] and P. G. T. Beauregard, the Confederate general who oversaw the bombardment of Fort Sumter, starting the American Civil War.
So the ultimate redneck Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III had two choices. Support Donald J Trump, the ultimate YANKEE or choose the cushy swamp that he's been living in for 20 years. Hmmm, what's a good ole boy of the grand ole party to do????
You mean same the DOJ lawyers and employees who former Speaker New Gingrich said contributed 97% of their political dollars to Hillary's campaign?
The same DOJ "ethics committee" who said not a word about Holder's Contempt of Congress, or Lynch's clear violation of the law by protecting Hillary?
Come on.
If Sessions blew over that easily, no wonder he isn't up to the job.
He has been a very effective AG in only the four months he has been on board.
1. Nobody worth a damn has any interest in taking the job, due to an aversion to working in such a stressful, unpredictable environment with an uncertain future.
2. Some "acting AG" loser fills the role for months in the meantime.
Can any of Sessions' detractors fill me in on how this makes any sense for the Trump administration?
Amen. That says it all.
The media and the Democrats got Sessions to recuse himself (quite easily), and now they are laughing all the way to the bank.
You know it, and I know it.
And considering the timing of when it all happened, I have no doubt everybody on that legal ethics committee that made the recommendation was a loyal servant during the Obama administration. Again, he comes across as naive. That he's got a solid reputation of conservative principles doesn't mean he's competent to wage the battles he's needing to fight at this level.
There were calls for Sessions to recuse himself for days before his confirmation hearing, from Dims and Republicans. It was in the news daily and it was a failure of the Trump administration that a chief of staff, or WH counsel, or Trump or Sessions did not call key people together to discuss the issue and make a team decision of what Sessions should do.
This issue was no surprise to anyone paying attention for days before Sessions did say he'd recuse himself. I think I'll start a thread about this tomorrow as so many either never knew, or have forgotten how this unfolded.
This is something I'd expect to hear from a crybaby loser. Sessions' confirmation hearing was six months ago.
Complaining about this now is the equivalent of an NFL head coach benching his starting quarterback in 2017 because he threw a terrible interception five years ago.
The FBI investigation of the Trump campaign began in July 2016. I don't know if Sessions was aware of the investigation until he took office in February 2017. I am sure that played a role in his decision to recuse himself. Again, he went by the book and consulted with DOJ's ethics committee, which recommended that he recuse himself since he was part of the Trump campaign. I doubt Sessions knew he was going to recuse himself until after he took office.
Not the best scenario, because Rosenstein is in cahoots with Mueller.
The Number 3 official at Justice is Rachel Lee Brand, who has very good credentials and who I think would be on the side of the President (imagine that).
Trump can also fire Rosenstein, and if Brand is not his choice, he can perform a recess appointment next month.
Who is Curly Bill?
And Brand own’t swear a blood oath to Donnie either, so she would be gone after a couple of months.
Your recollections seem correct to me.
Here’s one:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/jeff-sessions-confirmation-hearing-expectations/index.html
There's actually one person who would take that job in a heartbeat, and he's probably one of the last people most Freepers would want to see in the AG role:
Chris Christie.
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