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Trump still pretends he is powerless over the Department of Justice
Washington Examiner ^ | August 24, 2018 | Philip Wegmann

Posted on 08/25/2018 8:07:08 PM PDT by lionstar

Donald Trump has occupied the White House for a grand total of 580 days. Apparently the president hasn’t discovered all the features and perks that come with the Oval Office. Take his tweets.

Early Friday morning the leader of the free world publicly shamed Jeff Sessions, asking his attorney general to open up the files of the Department of Justice so the public could peek at documents concerning everything from the Russia dossier to FISA applications. It would be quite the haul. It would dominate news cycles for months to come. It could happen tomorrow.

Trump has the power. As head of the executive branch, he can tell the Justice Department to jump and, in most cases, they are supposed to ask how high. The current leader of the free world prefers to pretend he doesn’t have the authority, however. Ever the victim, Trump would rather tweet than give orders that might require some painful political follow-through.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: doj; jeffsessions; notpowerless; power; presidenttrump; trumpdoj
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To: houeto; bramps
Saturday night, beer & FR.

That is my excuse.

61 posted on 08/26/2018 12:26:10 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: BlueYonder
...said the guy posting the extraneous comma.

Two words: read more.

62 posted on 08/26/2018 12:39:26 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Bubba Gump Shrimp
nothing will happen until Kavanaugh gets confirmed.

Bingo. Get all ducks in a row.

63 posted on 08/26/2018 3:06:32 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Interrupt Obama and reporters are racist; interrupt Trump and they're heroes. --Mark Levin)
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To: lionstar

This has bothered me for 580 days.


64 posted on 08/26/2018 6:47:24 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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