Posted on 09/24/2018 8:37:01 AM PDT by 11th_VA
- The Justice Department's rules of succession dictate that Solicitor General Noel Francisco would be next in line to take over for Rosenstein.
- Francisco's track record as a lawyer mirrors Trump's rhetoric against intelligence authorities, with cases that include rebukes of the FBI and a defense of executive authority.
Francisco served as White House counsel under George W. Bush and was a DOJ lawyer until 2005, when he joined Jones Day, where he worked with several future Trump appointees, including White House general counsel Don McGahn, who is expected to leave the Trump administration this fall, and took stances against various prosecutions of public officials.
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In a 2016 op-ed, Francisco took aim at then-FBI Director James Comey, who he said had acted in political interests by watering down an investigation of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. In a case earlier this year with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Francisco reasserted Trump's constitutional ability to hire and fire almost all federal authorities.
"The Constitution gives the president what the framers saw as the traditional means of ensuring accountability: the power to oversee executive officers through removal," Francisco wrote. "The president is accordingly authorized under our constitutional system to remove all principal officers, as well as all 'inferior officers' he has appointed."
If appointed to Rosenstein's post, Francisco would have the potential authority to fire Mueller, an authority that has been widely debated but not officially agreed to, concerning whether or not it applies to Trump.
(snip) Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told Business Insider last month he thought Francisco made for an ideal candidate to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
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LOVE that guy! Joe Digenova is THE Man!
Oh yes!
He hasn’t prosecuted or accomplished a damn thing as a congresscritter. He’s talked a lot but he hasn’t done anything.
Apparently you are unaware that Congressmen are not prosecutors.
How are those that need prosecution going to be prosecuted when the DoJ is controlled by Loretta Lynch?
The argument was made that he was an excellent prosecutor. He’s all talk.
That is what a prosecutor does to convince a jury that his perp is guilty.
There is no prosecutorial powers in the Congress. His lifetime rating with the American Conservative Union is 97 so he is one of the top 5% of conservatives.
SNIFF.
A bit of ozone in the air.
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