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Trump flashes anger over Sessions recusal, Russia stories in tense Oval Office meeting
ABC News ^ | 4 Mar 17 | Jonathon Karl and Chris Vlasto

Posted on 03/04/2017 12:56:47 PM PST by SkyPilot

Before heading off to his so-called "winter White House" in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, President Donald Trump summoned some of his senior staff to the Oval Office and went "ballistic," senior White House sources told ABC News.

The president erupted with anger over the latest slew of news reports connecting Russia with the new administration -- specifically the abrupt decision by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign.

Sources said the president felt Sessions' recusal was unnecessary and only served to embolden Trump's political opponents. The attorney general made his announcement Thursday just as Trump returned to Washington from a trip to the U.S.S. Gerald Ford in Virginia for a speech about his agenda as president.

Hours earlier, aboard the ship, the president had told reporters that he had "total" confidence in Sessions and saw no reason why the attorney general should recuse himself.

“We should have had a good week. We should have had a good weekend. But once again, back to Russia," a senior White House official said, expressing the frustration simmering in the West Wing following the news earlier in the week that Sessions failed to disclose during his confirmation process that he had met with the Russian ambassador twice during the election campaign. Sessions at the time was a senator on the Armed Services Committee and was also helping the Trump campaign.

Among those gathered in the Oval Office on Friday: Chief of staff Reince Priebus, chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon, White House Counsel Don McGahn, press secretary Sean Spicer, newly-hired Communications Director Mike Dubke, along with Trump son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump, the sources said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fakenews; obama; sessions; sessionsrecusal; trump; trumpanger; wiretap
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To: COUNTrecount

Thank you!


141 posted on 03/04/2017 2:47:56 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Alberta's Child
One of the things that's baffled the hell out of me in recent days is the number of Freepers who have the audacity to suggest that Donald Trump -- even after everything that happened over the last two years and culminated in an election that will go down as one of the most improbably upsets in U.S. history -- doesn't understand what he's dealing with.

I think he started plotting and war-gaming this in 2011 after the WH correspondents' shindig. That's a long time to gather intel on every single politician in DC, and he had the money and loyal resources to do it. He did not walk into this in 2015 blind. No way.

142 posted on 03/04/2017 2:48:36 PM PST by Nita Nupress (To Wash DC: America is coming. And we're bringing Galt-Right Donald J. Trump with us.)
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To: COUNTrecount
Sessions to attend Mar-a-Lago dinner with Trump

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is slated to attend a dinner with President Trump and other administration officials on Saturday night at the president's private Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, the White House said.

The dinner comes after reports that Trump was angry Sessions recused himself from any investigations into Russia’s interference in the U.S. presidential election.

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143 posted on 03/04/2017 2:55:00 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Nita Nupress

Hi Nita! Great to see you here at FR. I remember your posts from 1998!


144 posted on 03/04/2017 2:55:49 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot
And Sessions recused himself unnecessarily on Friday regarding bogus charges about "meeting" with the Russian ambassador.

So what? What's relevant is what Sessions has not recused himself from.

That was not a tactical blunder, it was a strategic disaster for the Trump White House.

You should be paying attention to what LS has been reporting lately.

Trump is playing 3D chess while the Enemy is playing checkers. This has been evident for the last year or two.

So your outbreaks of hysterically simplistic "analysis" are both unfounded and counterproductive.

0bama has behaved far more criminally than Richard Nixon—as has Hillary and the entire corrupt Democrat and Media (but I repeat myself)— and that is what's about to become the focus of the People's anger, not Democrat wet dreams.

The Establishment is losing, and they're going to continue to lose. It's going to be a rough ride for the nervous nellies and the NeverTrumpers, but this President has the People behind him in this Revolution, and there's no way we can lose, unless we're all a bunch of cowards.

This Revolution will be won, one way or another. It may be that the Enemy will be able to influence somewhat the battlefield that this war will occur on.

As long as President Trump isn't a crook (and he isn't), and as long as the Democrat and Establishment continue acting like corrupt crooks (and they are), we will win this War.

The People are President Trump's trump card!

145 posted on 03/04/2017 2:58:04 PM PST by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: Nita Nupress

I think it goes back even further than that. He had a very brief run as a Reform Party candidate in the 2000 presidential election before he quit the race because he didn’t think a third-party candidate could ever win a presidential election.


146 posted on 03/04/2017 2:58:35 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: Alberta's Child
There isn't even any suggestion that an investigation is ongoing.

It is not a question of whether there is any investigation going on. It is a question of how do we take the initiative and resolve the problem. Otherwise, America will be reading about this for the next 8 years and the issue might even find itself in the history books.

Why announce the appointment of a special prosecutor?

In order to provide the American public with an objective analysis and resolution of the allegations.

Imagine instead we were talking about AG Lynch. What would you want in such case? Would you be satisfied with Lynch or Obama saying, "The minute we are aware of any credible evidence we will start the process?"

Have a nice weekend.

147 posted on 03/04/2017 3:05:03 PM PST by frog in a pot (Obama: "We need to remake America"; Trump: "We need to rebuild America!")
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To: dp0622
WTF is wrong with Sessions?!!!

He could't even recognize a perjury trap question by the moron actor. Doesn't instill a lot of confidence in me.

148 posted on 03/04/2017 3:05:51 PM PST by itsahoot (Return the power to the people, and Mexico will pay for the wall, 100%)
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To: Nita Nupress
Go back and listen to his statement again. Two things jumped out at me:

1. He recused himself from any current or future investigation of Russia's role in U.S. elections.

2. He also clearly stated that Justice Department protocols precluded him from even saying whether or not there is an ongoing investigation.

I put these two statements together and made the following determination:

There probably won't be an investigation of any substance at all, and the one guy who never has to explain why this is the case is Jeff Sessions.

149 posted on 03/04/2017 3:07:01 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: SkyPilot
I just read this statement again, and I suddenly have a whole different perspective on it:

"We should have had a good week. We should have had a good weekend. But once again, back to Russia," a senior White House official said, expressing the frustration simmering in the West Wing following the news earlier in the week that Sessions failed to disclose during his confirmation process that he had met with the Russian ambassador twice during the election campaign.

If what I suspect is true, then we should all be laughing our @sses off right now. I'll keep my eye on the news over the coming days and follow up with a detailed explanation if and when the time is right. LOL.

150 posted on 03/04/2017 3:09:47 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: SkyPilot

“senior White House sources told ABC News” = “unconfirmed, likely fabricated rumors” = fake news


151 posted on 03/04/2017 3:13:37 PM PST by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: HarleyLady27

“Well this article was written by ABC, take it for what it’s worth...”

I bet most of it is fake news.


152 posted on 03/04/2017 3:13:41 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: nopardons
So for sake of argument, they rid of Trump...Pence becomes president.

Remember how we got Ford, first they took out Spiro Agnew. Pence is not immune.

153 posted on 03/04/2017 3:14:14 PM PST by itsahoot (Return the power to the people, and Mexico will pay for the wall, 100%)
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To: SkyPilot

Why would Sessions recuse himself from anything BEFORE discussing it with the Chief Executive?


154 posted on 03/04/2017 3:15:06 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: livius
This is serious abuse of power. Since when does a sitting President get to wiretap his opposing party’s candidate?

Since when does he not. Ninety percent of the public service employees vote democratic, Obama does not have to order these things nor would he have anything on record if he did.

155 posted on 03/04/2017 3:16:26 PM PST by itsahoot (Return the power to the people, and Mexico will pay for the wall, 100%)
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To: itsahoot

Yeah man that’s bad. He panicked when that #### Franken asked him the question. WHY would such a question be asked? We know why. Prove Franken knew ahead of time and indict him. On anything. I dont care anymore.

Sessions should have said “I dont recall. Do you recall everyone you’re met this year? And why does it matter or why would it be illegal?”

He could have said a MILLION things or a republican should have interjected.

GEEZ!!

I’m concerned about a few guys around him being a little too nice, naive or honorable.

Now is the time to have dirty fighters around you.

I KNOW they are not real conservatives, but Rudy and Christie would be wreaking HAVOC by now on the dems.


156 posted on 03/04/2017 3:17:12 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: ryderann
God helps those who help themselves.

So the Jews wandering in the desert for 40 years was them helping themselves?

157 posted on 03/04/2017 3:18:03 PM PST by itsahoot (Return the power to the people, and Mexico will pay for the wall, 100%)
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To: dp0622
WTF is wrong with Sessions?!!!

Sessions seems to be acting like a typical Republican. As soon as confronted or challenged, concede to the Democrats.


158 posted on 03/04/2017 3:18:43 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Parley Baer

I think President Trump was disturbed that Sessions would ‘recuse’ but as far as what this article is talking about, President Trump doesn’t do that to people that work for him and he and Sessions have a solid friendship, so I can see President Trump being disappointed but not like this...

‘Very Fake News’ 101


159 posted on 03/04/2017 3:20:13 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: SkyPilot

If that is the case, it explains a lot. He was SO effusive in his praise of Trump after the election, after bashing him like crazy beforehand. Maybe he knew the fix was in.


160 posted on 03/04/2017 3:21:54 PM PST by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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