Posted on 07/26/2017 6:27:27 AM PDT by UKrepublican
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is pressing on with his job despite President Trump's public criticism of him, and plans to announce in coming days a number of criminal leak investigations, according to a report Tuesday night.
The Washington Post says Sessions is preparing to announce a series of leak probes related to recent news accounts publishing "sensitive intelligence information."
Earlier Tuesday, Trump said he is "disappointed" that Sessions hasn't been tougher on leaks from the intelligence community.
"I want the attorney general to be much tougher on the leaks from intelligence agencies, which are leaking like rarely have they ever leaked before at a very important level," Trump said during a press conference in the Rose Garden. "These are intelligence agencies. We cannot have that happen."
The comments were a continuation of Trump's week-long public criticism of Sessions, which have stoked speculation the president may fire his attorney general, or push him to resign.
Trump's criticisms about Sessions began last week, when the president told the New York Times he is disappointed that Sessions recused himself from the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Trump has since publicly criticized the attorney general on Twitter, calling him "beleaguered" and questioning why Sessions hasn't investigated Hillary Clinton.
The Post reported Tuesday night that in a recent conversation, Sessions' chief of staff Jody Hunt told White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus that the attorney general has no intention of resigning.
Sessions continued his work on policy Tuesday, issuing new requirements to a Justice Department grant program so that so-called sanctuary cities that limit their role in helping enforce federal immigration law do not receive funding.
I don’t see that as bashing at all.
Were this to happen, replacements have to be locked and loaded and waiting in the wings. Now IF this IS all 3D chess, perhaps this is what Sessions has been doing for the last 5-6 months while he *appeared* to be doing next to nothing....acquiring and vetting replacements.
Fun, fun, fun!
He is shutting down the leaks associated with his weed crackdown.
Please....Sessions is the one who is finding the leaks....not Scar.
I’ve said it before....Sessions and his associates work behind the scenes...and only come out when something is ready for disposition.
SCAR didn’t say he was finding the leaks, he was just going to start over if the leaks continued.
If you're going to be that conspiratorial and cynical about this story, I'm wondering why you even waste your time reading and posting on it. LOL.
“Obama official holdovers”
Now, there is *no* excuse for that, not at this late date.
Cynical? Sure I am, and with good reason.
I just wonder why you waste your time reading and posting about news stories if you think they're all bullsh!t anyway.
It kind of reminds me of some dude I knew who insisted that NFL games were all fixed ... but for some reason he still insisted on pissing away his Sunday afternoons and Monday nights watching the stupid things. LOL.
People watch WWE. Fake news too, talk about "fixed!"
He better hurry. :-) Time and Trump waits for no man.
I agree...Things are happening behind closed doors that we know nothing about...
I don’t do twitter... Could you post his tweets???
I’ve never heard someone who watches WWE complain that it was fixed, though. LOL.
National security leaks and leaks/unmaskings of political opponents - all of which endanger the country - then the DOJ is doing something well worth prosecuting.
Start with getting the documents back from the Obama library. Then, set up a grand jury on Comey.
Unless there is some real serious red meat in all this, then I gather it is some political dust to suggest folks are 'working on it' - as it were.
Trump is warning Sessions that either he goes on the offensive and begins actively pursuing SERIOUS PROSECUTION of DNC crime or his job is on the line......
Sounds like Sessions has got the message.....(get off your _ss & defend the President when he is under attack)
Me too. I think Trump is keeping the media busy while Sessions does what needs to be done.
Trump did get movement in area, from Session while Trump provided top cover for him. As Bill Mitchell succinctly puts it:
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“Bill Mitchell&;Verified account @mitchellvii 11m11 minutes ago
Media hates anything Trump does:
1) Trump attacks Sessions.
2) Media defends Sessions.
3) Sessions hammers #DeepState.
4) Media screwed.”
And with the military ban on the cross dressing transgenderism, he’s got them all spinning like Linda Blair.
Some others are expressing the same thoughts. See the post below yours.
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