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.
“One must keep in mind that FR is infested with GOPe trolls, paid Soros hacks, defeatists, surrender monkeys, pearl-clutchers and comicbook readers.”
Diversity is our strength.:-)
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“Do you ever pay attention to what Congressional Republicans say to Trump about what will happen if he fires Sessions?”
Yes. And his twitter remarks keep them worried about it too, don’t they.
I believe Sessions is doing exactly what POTUS wants him to do.
Yes, it will be glorious.
I think we’re going to see the biggest “sting” in history.
Patience is tough, though.
I know and glad for that....and thanks....
Thumbs up!
Maybe Sessions doesn’t only look like George Will, maybe he acts like him too.
Patience....and trust in the one who helped us put Trump in the White House! Have faith when the going gets tough!
The Speaker doen’t have to be a member of Congress.
Yes, it will be glorious. I think we’re going to see the biggest “sting” in history. Patience is tough, though.
Sorry. I mistyped. Just to be clear, I meant to say, "when the hammer drops on Sessions...".
FR also has a bigly number of people like you who keep us anchored to reality.
Yes. Thanks for the reminder.
It’s been extremely frustrating to watch these evil ones get away with so much without justice being served on them.
I don't think so. These appointments can only occur during a recess.
Yes, it is the end times.
I trust the words of Donald J. Trump when he said that he wishes that he never picked Sessions.
I trust the words of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions when Sessions said under oath that he would recuse himself, and then in a memo when he did recuse himself.
Trust Sessions. Trust Trump.
Donald is the Boss, he is the “Scared Stiff”.
It’s clear Trump has lost faith in Sessions. Sessions can do the right thing and resign. Let someone else give it a try.
Maybe people won't vote against the economy.
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