I thought that Rachel Brand was reputed to be the only conservative in the DOJ.... but maybe that’s just in DC terms, and/or she got sucked into something she should have steered clear of.... but I’d heard that she was supposed to be one of the only hopeful signs for the future.
Not gonna work, however. They can put up whatever kind of vigorous defense they want, they are still going to lose. And that's assuming some $billion dollar 'resist' legal defense fund is created to defend each & everyone of the traitors with the best teams the proglibs can mount.
Hmmm, perhaps that's where Trump's EO comes in cutting off potential financial resources? 4D chess many moves ahead?
They’re taking romney’s advice and self-deporting.
Rachel L. Brand was sworn in as Associate Attorney General on May 22, 2017, after confirmation by the Senate. As Associate Attorney General, she serves as the third-ranking officer in the Department of Justice and oversees the following Department components: Antitrust Division, Civil Division, Civil Rights Division, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Tax Division, Executive Office for U.S. Trustees, Office of Justice Programs, Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), Office on Violence Against Women, Community Relations Service, Office of Access to Justice, Office of Information Policy, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, and the Service members and Veterans Initiative. She also serves as the Department’s Regulatory Reform Officer and chairs the Regulatory Reform Task Force.
Prior to becoming Associate Attorney General, Ms. Brand had a diverse legal career in public service and outside of government. From 2012 – 2017, she has served as one of five Senate-confirmed Members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, appointed by President Obama. In that capacity, she provided advice and oversight to U.S. counterterrorism agencies to ensure that privacy and civil liberties are balanced with national security objectives.
Ms. Brand previously served in the Department of Justice from 2003 – 2007, first as the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy, and then as the Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy, appointed by President George W. Bush. In that capacity, Ms. Brand served as chief policy adviser to the Attorney General, handling a broad range of national security, law enforcement, and civil justice issues. She also oversaw the development of all regulations promulgated by the Department of Justice and managed the Department’s role in selecting federal judges, including running the confirmation process for Chief Justice John G. Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito. Earlier, Ms. Brand was an Associate Counsel to President George W. Bush in the White House.
Outside of the federal government, Ms. Brand has been an Associate Professor of law at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School, an adjunct professor at George Washington University Law School, and a lawyer in private practice in Washington, D.C.
She served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 2002 – 2003 Term and to Justice Charles Fried of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Ms. Brand graduated from Harvard Law School, where she served as deputy editor-in-chief of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, and earned a B.A. from the University of Minnesota-Morris.
I believe there were just too high and FBI people that resigned yesterday also. I’m hoping the end is soon.
In Russia, Boss drains Swamp.
In Amerika, Swamp drains itself.
<< Swamp starting to drain itself? >>
Let us hope this voluntary walk out does not preclude charges, prosecutions, and JAIL TIME.
Complicity in an obvious coup attempt, in our highest places, ought to be sniffed out and count for something. These people need to be chased down, grilled to the nines, investigated and charged.
They had to take a swipe at President Trump in the first sentence.
If she has only been in the job 9 months, did Trump hire her? Sessions? Who? Thanks.
From Gateway Pundit:
“Because Tracy Doherty-McCormick is only the acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, the official most likely to replace Brand is U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Robert Higdon.
Robert J. Higdon, Jr. was nominated to be the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina by President Donald Trump on August 2, 2017. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 28, 2017. As U.S. Attorney, Mr. Higdon is the top-ranking federal law enforcement official in the Eastern District of North Carolina, which includes the 44 eastern most counties of North Carolina. He oversees a staff of 108 employees, including 51 attorneys and 57 non-attorney support personnel. The office also partners with some 20 Special Assistant United States Attorneys from branches of the United States military, local District Attorneys offices and federal and state regulatory agencies.
In 2012, Higdon was the lead prosecutor in the campaign finance fraud case involving former North Carolina Senator John Edwards.”
Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas noted the shakeup is a, “very big deal.”
“It’s Brand (or her successor) who’s first in line to take over supervision of Mueller’s investigation if Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein is fired.”
Whoa! Getting interestinger.
A big brother, Bush Republican.
I wonder if she was offered a pile of money, to take her off the chess board, and protect Rosenstein (and thereby Mueller).
It will take a while to get another candidate approved by the Senate, so it may have bought Mueller months more to run - maybe long enough to effect the election, or collect a few scalps.
LOL! Rats, sinking ship.
I can’t help laughing out loud when I read that the President is attacking the DOJ.
Do they realize just how foolish they sound.
Swamp starting to drain itself? Getting out before the stuff hits the fan?
SOme have said that she knows what’s coming related to the DOJ OIG report and doesn’t want to be anywhere near the joint when the bomb is dropped.
She probably know that bad guys are part of the guard now, not just among the peasants.
9 months is enough time for a mole to dig through a lot of dirt...