Several news sources are now reporting that plea deals with Mueller of other individuals have exposed Sessions to charges of perjury.
Posted on 11/03/2017 7:25:39 AM PDT by markomalley
President Trump doubled down on his call for the Justice Department to investigate Democrats on Friday after a former Democratic National Committee chair acknowledged the party tipped the scales in Hilary Clinton's favor during last year's primary.
Trump told reporters outside the White House that he is “disappointed” in the Justice Department for not investigating Clinton, reiterating that he believes the agency should do something.
“I’m really not involved with the Justice Department. I’d like to let it run itself, but honestly, they should be looking at the Democrats," he said.
“They should be looking at Podesta and all of that dishonesty, they should be looking at a lot of things, and a lot of people are disappointed in the Justice Department, including me,” he said.
In an excerpt of her new book, former DNC chairwoman Donna Brazile wrote about a deal between Clinton’s 2016 campaign and the DNC aimed at keeping the party financially viable.
The deal wasn't illegal, Brazile wrote, but it "sure looked unethical." The former DNC chair said it “broke [her] heart” to find “proof” that the primary between Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was rigged.
Trump has tweeted several times about the Democratic deal since an excerpt of Brazile’s book was published by Politico on Thursday, calling it “illegal” and bringing back his nickname for Clinton, “Crooked Hillary.”
Complex investigations take time. Tony Podesta resigns. Donna Brazile attacks Hillary over the DNC putsch. Elizabeth Warren joins in. The Dems want to topple the Clinton empire. DOJ allows the Uranium One informer to talk and provides Congress with the FBI documents about the Steele dossier and how it was used. I am convinced that there is plenty happening behind the scenes.
‘One more thing. Not a single democrat voted for Sessions for AG......If they had something on him they could control Sessions on they would have voted for him.’
Sessions fooled a lot of people. Before he was confirmed, many believed he would help Trump drain the swamp. The Democrats had no way of knowing what a nonentity Jeff would be; they thought he posed a threat.
When Sessions got his coveted position, he showed his true colors. Trump issued a scathing critique—and the Senate erupted. Both GOP and Democrat senators, having seen that Sessions was duly protecting the swamp, howled like scalded cats. They all—Schumer included—issued dire threats of disastrous proportions, should Trump even *think* of firing Sessions.
Things change. The Democrats opinion of Sessions has gone from seeing him as a potential threat to seeing him as the best ally they could possibly have. They will get as hysterical as the GOP, if Trump actually fires Sessions.
Not true.
What is this preposterous BS?
The whole purpose of winning the WH was to control DOJ.
Trump actually wins, and then Sessions surrenders control without Trumps permission.
Anybody who thinks Sessions is on OUR side is insane.
Firing 2 AG’s is fodder for a hanging.
Lying is not a Trump characteristic. Pretending out loud to be frustrated with Sessions’ vacating his job, while actually in cahoots with him, would be a colossal lie, top to bottom.
Here are what some of the enemies of Jeff Sessions are saying (go to the articles for the specific accomplishments):
Jeff Sessions has done more damage in his first 100 days than his boss
US attorney general Jeff Sessions may not be part of the biggest investigation in the Department of Justice, but as he reaches 100 days in office, there’s little doubt that he’s had an important impact on the American criminal-justice system—potentially for years to come.
Despite the political turmoil of the Trump administration, Sessions has moved to reverse a tide of progressive reform and to fulfill his boss’s law-and-order agenda, a collection of concepts loosely articulated during the 2016 presidential campaign. Sessions’ biggest actions, from undermining federal oversight of police departments to cracking down on undocumented immigrants, have worried a wide array of lawmakers, law-enforcement leaders, advocates and scientists.
“Of all the cabinet members, maybe even the president, he has to this point had the most significant impact as to policy changes,” said Jesselyn McCurdy, the deputy director at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Washington Legislative Office told Quartz.
Unlike his boss, Sessions is delivering on what he has promised—sometimes on causes he has championed for decades.
“There’s been a great bipartisan movement by organizations on the ground and members of Congress to reform the federal criminal-justice system, based on successes that have happened in the states, but the leader of opposition to that reform was Jeff Sessions, as a senator from Alabama,” McCurdy said. “These are all things that [Sessions], as a criminal justice reform opponent, had on his radar already.
McCurdy said Sessions was “definitely” living up to the ACLU’s concerns, and in some areas, fulfilling the worst-case scenarios.
Jeff Sessions ushers in 'Trump era' at the Justice Department
In just over two months, Sessions has proved to be a central figure in effectuating Trump's vision for America in tangible ways on immigration, crime, police reform and civil rights.
And while the White House searches for new messaging to frame what Trump has accomplished in the first 100 days in office, Sessions has single-handedly managed to make several significant domestic policy changes -- from pressing pause on implementing police reforms to withdrawing Obama-era protections for transgender students in public schools.
His radical transformation of the Justice Department's role is no accident.
Many of the changes Sessions has made thus far track a familiar principle of federalism: the notion that the federal government's powers are limited and it can't coerce states into action. In other words, the federal government should get out of the states' way.
Sessions' critics worry that he is well on his way to undoing many of the major progressive achievements of his predecessors, often by withdrawing from court cases or previous directives that fail to align with his views. Yet Trump supporters cheered Sessions on during the presidential campaign when he said, "the American people are not happy with their government."
Now that Sessions is the nation's top law enforcement officer, his defenders and critics universally agree: he's been busy fulfilling the President's campaign promises and he's just getting started.
Maybe Trump should just drop a MOAB on them.
Impeachment no longer in the mix then.
I’m guessing Sessions already knows he is and has been under investigation. He should resign.
I think (and hope) you are correct. Trump has been a man of action on every other issue, so I find it hard to believe he is just sitting back & doing nothing on this front also. Trump is no fool. I think Sessions & who knows who else, have been working on this by building an air-tight case. This is big & needs to be solid.
Yesterday, we heard that Mueller had FBI agents helping him look into Podesta. Where did those FBI agents come from? Session's DOJ. So he has to be working on this.
The trap is about to be sprung.
Several news sources are now reporting that plea deals with Mueller of other individuals have exposed Sessions to charges of perjury.
He has been a long time...
“The Republicans in Congress have tied his hand. They told him if he fires Sessions, they will not approve a replacement.”
This is correct.
And all of the keyboard warriors that sent these senators there aren’t going to do much more than piss and moan online when they don’t.
We have TWO from Arizona that aren’t. And the people there seem to have recused themselves from giving a damn.
So if you want Sessions gone, then get control of your senator and make sure they will vote to replace him.
Assuming that Session isn’t just laying back in the weeds, Trump should immediately replace Sessions with someone who is not so “compromised” and who can and will do the job of Attorney General.
Too many of the loopies here have no idea what organizational discipline on close hold information looks like. There is NWIH Sessions is going to discuss his organization’s plans with a Congress person outside ot a Congressional hearing. And there he will not comment on ongoing investigations. That is the way it is supposed to work.
Only plea deal we know of “officially” is Papadoplous..though I do suspect more.
Are they naming names?
Clovis did not tell WH he testified before GJ
His attorney says he is not under investigation
He is a candidate for cooperating witness
Tuesday Dec 12, if I understand correctly
“I think you are just whistling past the graveyard. Trump has failed us on this one key issue: justice.”
Oh will you clowns knock it off.
Sessions was the guy pushed by the same people that are now shocked that he is less than useless. Basically because he’s southern, had a good country accent, and likely said “Jesus” and “guns” a whole bunch.
The problem is that the GOP voter FAILED themselves by voting for idiots as senators, sadly much along the same superficial lines, that have made it clear they WILL NOT VOTE TO REPLACE HIM.
Do you see that? They will not replace him if he is fired. So then what good is firing him, when you now have no one, and no way to get a better person?
Just saying “we will stand with you” is meaningless clap-trap. You have multiple, supposedly conservative, senators that are keeping Sessions there.
I wish he would do more TALKING directly to the public. And get more vocal about swapping out swamp creatures of either party with candidates that want to make things better..
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