Posted on 09/20/2018 6:31:05 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables
Full title: "President Trump: “I don’t have an attorney general. It’s very sad.” – “I’m very disappointed in Jeff. Very disappointed.”… ---------------
"John Solomon and Buck Sexton interviewed President Trump on Tuesday September 18th, 2018, in the Oval Office...
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"Additionally, within the interview President Trump notes he has not seen the content of the documents he had directed to be declassified; he is relying on the group within congress -Nunes, Jordan, Goodlatte, Meadows, Zeldin, etc.- who have investigated the details and made the requests to the executive office for declassification."
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"Perhaps the most important aspect to the interview is President Trump putting to rest his direct, brutally honest and forthright opinion of Attorney General Jeff Sessions."
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"This is a prime example of the need to be intellectually honest and accept President Trump at his word. There is a tremendous amount of false-theory being cited by people struggling to accept the failure of AG Sessions to support the objectives of President Trump. “Trust the plan”, and/or “trust Sessions” are the most well-known proclamations.
Failure to modify and accept reality -against the backdrop of new information- leads to misplaced interpretations, cognitive dissonance, intellectual dishonesty and, even worse, creates a false perception of what is possible. Keep absorbing information without rational and logical discernment long enough, and you get ridiculous “Q Theories” and grand “Stealth Jeff Sessions” plans.
AG Jeff Sessions is recused from investigating corruption within the 2016 election, operation ‘spy-gate’, operation ‘crossfire hurricane’, and the Russia investigation. The same career OLC lawyers within the system convinced Sessions of his conflicts, and have carved the Attorney General out of the investigative processes within the DOJ.
AG Sessions did not plan with President Trump for the declassification directive.
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Trump needs to fire Sessions as soon as is politically viable to do so. We need to call our congress critters and voice support for that to happen.
Neither do we, Mr. President.
Jeff Sessions is a useless assh0le.
One of the worst Americans of all time. A true, spineless coward. When action was called for, he went and hid.
Could have been exactly the opposite.
How long is the President going to continue to whine about Sessions before he does something about him?
Trump doesn’t have a problem firing people.
Govt isn’t exactly like running his own companies.
Trump either doesn’t truly want to get rid of Sessions or like others have said on FR Trump can’t yet fire him due to chain of replacement issues at this time.
If he really doesn't want to get rid of him then he's weakening Session by his constant complaining about him. And making himself look weak by constant complaining without action. And I would disagree that Trump can't fire anyone. Fire Sessions. Appoint an existing Assistant AG as Acting Attorney General and move on. It doesn't have to automatically be Rosenstein. Select one of the others.
“How long is the President going to continue to whine about Sessions before he does something about him?”
If the Senate holds, I’d say about 7 weeks.
He gone.
10-4.
” Fire Sessions. Appoint an existing Assistant AG as Acting Attorney General and move on. It doesn’t have to automatically be Rosenstein. Select one of the others.”
There are regulations on replacing certain key members. Not sure what they are. Not positive, but I think Rosenstein automatically is next in line.
I do know he can move anyone into AG who is already confirmed to another Cabinet position. With all the political crapolla going on, it might be faster and easier to appoint Pompeo (or...?), shuffle some people around, leave the empty chair a more minor position. Less politically charged.
And fire Rosenstein anyway, of course.
He's got the Senate now. He's had the Senate since Sessions recused himself. He's had the Senate since he became president. What's the hold-up?
Fire Rosenstein too.
I do know he can move anyone into AG who is already confirmed to another Cabinet position.
Why not? Mick Mulvaney was confirmed by the Senate to head the OMB. Trump also made him acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - also a position requiring Senate approval - a year ago. If that's legal then certainly making the third or fourth level Deputy AG the acting Attorney General should be possible.
Contrary to some of the fake news here on FR.
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