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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

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To: Nita Nupress

“<<< Obama had the Oval Office renovated after the election. I’ve been saying for months that he had the Oval Office wired with bugs. >>>

Obama installed an entire new computer and phone system in the WH sometime last year.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/obama-boosted-white-house-technology-190620691.html

And what happened to the old gear?

0 took it with him.

Worse than what illary did with the silverware, etc.

That new system probably has more backdoors in it than you can shake a fist at....


181 posted on 03/04/2017 3:52:39 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: Nita Nupress
I want the old FR back, when everyone would cut/paste the reply they’re responding to so everyone else could keep up.

Good luck getting everyone to abandon their phones and pads.

182 posted on 03/04/2017 3:53:49 PM PST by itsahoot (Return the power to the people, and Mexico will pay for the wall, 100%)
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To: RummyChick
Agree. I said he would recuse himself. Southern senator gentleman..old school style


He's not a wartime consigliere, we need Rudy!

183 posted on 03/04/2017 3:54:36 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: nopardons

A scandal and an unelected POTUS who is there thru succession=2020 to the donks, loss of the House and a close Senate full of GOPe.


184 posted on 03/04/2017 3:58:01 PM PST by reformedliberal
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To: Robert DeLong
I do not believe Sessions recusal would extend to this issue, as it is a totally separate issue that does not implicate Session’s involvement at all.

Can Sessions "rescind" his "recusal?"

185 posted on 03/04/2017 4:00:43 PM PST by CDB (An action is worth a thousand words)
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To: Alberta's Child; Nita Nupress

Alberta’s Child wrote:

“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.”

I see differently.

1) he backed out of the ‘Russians messed with the election’, not anything else; this leaves him free to go after lowlife leakers of classified info, pizza pervs, etc.

2) no prosecutor is gonna say what he’s gonna do or not do, ahead of the perps being caught, charged, and no-bailed.


186 posted on 03/04/2017 4:03:50 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: reformedliberal

True.


187 posted on 03/04/2017 4:04:26 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Alberta's Child

“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.”

That “senior white house official” is either a leaker or someone in the media.


188 posted on 03/04/2017 4:05:16 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: Grampa Dave
Really?

Yep. Really kid.

189 posted on 03/04/2017 4:06:18 PM PST by itsahoot
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To: itsahoot

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3531465/posts?page=73#73


190 posted on 03/04/2017 4:11:29 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: CDB; Robert DeLong

He didn’t recuse himself from everything, just investigating possible Russian involvement in the election.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3531465/posts?page=73#73


191 posted on 03/04/2017 4:14:29 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: dp0622

The attack on Sessions is a CNN operation.

The day prior to Sessions confirmation hearing CNN began hyping a Buzzfeed article which alluded to long known unsubstantiated allegations. After being advertised for hours by CNN Buzzfeed finally published a “dossier” containing the allegations. CNN began reporting on the dossier. During the confirmation hearing Franken references CNN’s breaking report of this dossier. Then when reporting on the confirmation hearing CNN edits out most of Franken’s question. This makes it appear that there was a different question asked than what Franken actually asked, thus giving the appearance of an insufficient/inaccurate answer by Sessions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otYVn2bW17g

CNN drove the Buzzfeed garbage to prominent attention. This created the dynamics necessary to generate exploitable situations. Franken’s question is such a situation and CNN’s dishonest editing is the exploit.

The entire thing was generated by CNN.

This is one battle in the attack on Trump by CNN/WaPo/NYT/DNC.

CNN is beyond fake, they’re garbage.


192 posted on 03/04/2017 4:17:58 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: WildHighlander57

Exfiled intel and stolen gov equipment


193 posted on 03/04/2017 4:21:15 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: deweyfrank

I think it is. I found it strange how there is remodeling going on in the WH the last this past year. Bugs buried so deep every where, including the living quarters and probably the war room as well.


194 posted on 03/04/2017 4:25:39 PM PST by Engedi
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To: Engedi

Bugs buried so deep


If so, then they were planned for Hillary as she was suppose to win.................................


195 posted on 03/04/2017 4:29:23 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: itsahoot

Sadly, I agree with you. Paul Ryan too.


196 posted on 03/04/2017 4:29:30 PM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory.)
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To: WildHighlander57

Sessions made them think they got something.


197 posted on 03/04/2017 4:31:48 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: PeterPrinciple; Engedi

All this remodeling took place after the election. I wouldn’t put anything past Clapper and Brennan.


198 posted on 03/04/2017 4:39:14 PM PST by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect)
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To: dp0622
I'd love to see sheriff David Clarke take over for Sessions. I think Jeff Sessions was a great pick based on his career. I think however Clarke has more energy and hasn't been in Washington. I'm hoping Trump uses him for something. It bothers me that Sessions recused himself. Can Sessions take back his recusal?
199 posted on 03/04/2017 4:40:01 PM PST by BillyCuccio (MAGA)
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To: itsahoot

The Smearing of Jeff Sessions

The American Spectator ^ | March 2, 2017 | By George Neumayr

Posted on 3/4/2017, 4:34:29 PM by Brad from Tennessee

Craven Republicans, looking for a pat on the head from the mainstream media, can always be counted on to echo its idiotic demands. The phony controversy over the Trump campaign’s imaginary ties to Putin is the latest pitiful example of this phenomenon.

Instead of exposing the hyper-partisanship behind this media obsession, these Republicans are humoring it. We hear from them craven calls for a “special prosecutor” to investigate and demands that attorney general Jeff Sessions submit to one because he had, in his capacity as a senator, a grand total of two unimportant encounters with the Russian ambassador. How shocking. Who knew that senators and ambassadors from major countries with whom we have diplomatic relations interact? Extraordinary.

To the hyperventilating twits on Morning Joe, Ted Cruz made the obvious point: “What we are seeing is a lot of political theater. This morning, everyone is in high dudgeon about the meeting. The underlying meeting is a nothing burger. It’s what senators do every day. Meeting with foreign ambassadors, that’s part of the job. I think everyone is getting all worked up because it’s a chance to beat up the attorney general and to beat up the president.”

The media coverage of this nontroversy has been nothing short of Kafkaesque, with heavy-breathing headlines about Sessions failing to “disclose” his meetings with the ambassador. . .

http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3531537/posts


200 posted on 03/04/2017 4:50:34 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Why do Obama lovers and faux conservatives hate Trump for using Twitter to get his message out?)
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