Posted on 08/11/2018 1:17:29 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
President Trump ratcheted up his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Saturday, tweeting that Sessions was "scared stiff" and "Missing in Action" in defending him amid special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Trump slammed Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence officer at the center of the Trump dossier scandal, and the Department of Justice (DOJ) and once again slammed Mueller's investigation as a "witch hunt."
"The big story that the Fake News Media refuses to report is lowlife Christopher Steele’s many meetings with Deputy A.G. Bruce Ohr and his beautiful wife, Nelly. It was Fusion GPS that hired Steele to write the phony & discredited Dossier, paid for by Crooked Hillary & the DNC," Trump tweeted.
"Do you believe Nelly worked for Fusion and her husband STILL WORKS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 'JUSTICE.' I have never seen anything so Rigged in my life. Our A.G. is scared stiff and Missing in Action. It is all starting to be revealed - not pretty. IG Report soon? Witch Hunt!" he wrote.
Trump’s attack on Saturday was likely prompted by murmurings that the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is readying subpoenas for people connected to the controversial Steele dossier.
Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) is reportedly preparing subpoenas for DOJ official Bruce Ohr, his wife, Nellie Ohr, and Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson, sources told The Hill this week.
Bruce Ohr is facing scrutiny from Republicans for his contacts with Simpson and Steele during the presidential campaign, the news of which prompted Trump allies to demand a special counsel investigation into the DOJ and FBI in December.
Simpson hired Steele to help produce the dossier that made a series of salacious allegations about Trump's connections with Russia.
Nellie Ohr worked for Fusion GPS during the presidential campaign — a fact that Republicans have promoted as a possible link between the DOJ and the opposition research firm.
Trump has gone after Sessions for the Russia probe before, saying earlier this month that the attorney general should stop the investigation "right now."
"Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further," Trump tweeted on Aug. 1.
Trump is also known to harbor hostility toward Sessions for recusing himself in the investigation.
“The Russian Witch Hunt Hoax continues, all because Jeff Sessions didn’t tell me he was going to recuse himself...I would have quickly picked someone else. So much time and money wasted, so many lives ruined...and Sessions knew better than most that there was No Collusion!” the president tweeted in June.
As has been repeated out here Ad Nauseam the Republicans in the Senate have said they will side with the Democrats & impeach Trump if he moves on Sessions. That’s the reality he faces. The GOPe hates him.
“Texas is Tennessee South dude and the President is trolling.”
I disagree! Sessions is not worth the powder it would take to blow his miserable a$$ to Hell! BTW I used to work in Memphis, beautiful city, but a $hit hole thanks to the likes of Steve Cohen and the “Ford Family of Black Morticians” who pose as politicians. The mother of one of my employees owned the Loraine Motel where MLK was assassinated.
“Anyone believing that Trump and Sessions are playing a game would have been excellent toys for Jim Jones to play with.”
Addiction to Koolaid is arguably more dangerous to the nation than the opioid epidemic.
Once some folks develop a taste for it, there’s no going back to sobriety - it’s no fun.
You mean the Senate will convict? Because he has to be impeached (charged) by the Reps first.
If Trump really wants Sessions gone, he can make it happen. The smart (and decent) way to do this would be to move Sessions, who is a fine man and good conservative, to another suitable post, and then nominate a new Attorney General who would not labor under the recusal. The time to have done this was a year or more ago.
You’re not alone.
“Personally, I also don’t like the idea of Trump insulting Sessions.”
I do. I’d have him arrested and set to gitmo
” My instincts would be to either fire the lazy SOB or quit whining and kick his ass around privately until he resigns.”
Trump has tried that with Sessions. He’s refusing to do his job and refusing to step down. He IS the insurance policy. The rinos and neverTrumpers that make up the GOP have Sessions’ back. Trump knows that if he makes a move against that backstabbing southern fried RAT BASTARD, he has a good chance of being impeached.
Yes...the Senate will convict.
Who killed MLK? Q should know.
Glad you agree.
People I respect believe Q is legit.
But it seems to me to be a hoax.
As others reminded me, there was another hoax back during Bill Clinton’s years here on FR called Deep in the Huntgren Forest. Sort of similar except not as widespread in its reach. THAT “secret” insider proved to be a complete hoax. I believe this Q garbage is similar.
The Q stuff is garbage, IMHO.
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-Ok, that did it! Im reporting you to Q. You will be sorry. Q will unleash his army of zombie name calling brain dead followers who will identify you as the troll, liberal, anti trump that you are!
Sometimes you just have to trust your own lying eyes, and not trust the 8chan porn board.
Trump has said himself that he wouldn’t have nominated Sessions had he known Sessions was going to punk out in the face of a Deep State coup attempt. And honestly, I would not have predicted it and I don’t know who would’ve.
Actually what they really said is that they wont confirm another AG.
Sessions is doing the job outlined to him by the President.
Don’t be fooled. If Sessions had not recused himself he would be mired in the middle of this crap.
Nope. Illegals OUT
What is your take on this? Still 256-D chess or just Trump being Trump?
“You mean the Senate will convict? “
The senate is a lock to convict. I can’t think of a single one that didn’t vote for hillary rotten clinton.
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