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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Dang, I really garbled the Art of the Spelling”. Not good on my cell keyboard. Sorry about that.
If Sessions called Trump ...
I am definitely taking a leap here. Total conspiracy thinking that I tend to do because I read a lot.
actually, Lewandowski asserted tonight that Sessions was bugged, too! Don’t know what his source(s) might be but doubt he would be saying this without good reason:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3531623/posts
Sessions’ greatest selling point is that he practices old school honor and integrity in his daily conduct. I don’t think in that code there is room for considering the expediencies. Even so, I believe he was mistaken in his decision.
BANNON was kicked off???!?
Bannon is Lee Atwater on steriods. He must have screwed up. I hope President Trump retains his services, he’s good.
Jeeeez. Relax!!!! You have just lived through the single worst day for Obama and company, and you wanna get wobbly?
This is the GOOD time to be alive!
By the way, I read your post here that was also posted on a blog. Very good work. The goals and the actions of these wicked orcs and tryrants is enough to cause my blook pressure to rise.
I certainly hope that yesterday was the "single worse day for Obama and company."
Sessions said in his presser the other day that he spoke with WH counsel.
With regard to bringing in another attorney:
Obama Engineered an Obama-Friendly Lawyer to Succeed Sessions In Case Sessions Had to Recuse Himself
“Seven days before he left office, President Obama changed the order of succession without explanation to remove Boente from the list. Obama’s order had listed U.S. attorneys in the District of Columbia, the Northern District of Illinois and the Central District of California.
That seems like awfully suspicious behavior. In fact the USA Today story noted this is pegged to the news that Trump quietly signed an executive order restoring Boente to the line of succession. The Obama administration chicanery was likely brought to White House’s attention after Obama holdover and acting Attorney General Sally Yates tried to usurp the powers of the president and countermand his immigration executive order, actions for which she was summarily fired.”
More here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3531296/posts
Agree with you! Not good!
Formerly Bushbacker1
I didn’t know about the firing part. Will make dinner that much more enjoyable today
“Before a case is even pending? Don’t think so.”
There is an investigation; recusal is not dependent on a civil or criminal case being before the court, or even filed with a court before any proceedings.
Well maybe for wusses but show me a democrat that did anything like Sessions did.
Well, perhaps you think Session is a wuss for doing the proper and ethical thing, and you may revere Dims who don’t.
Yeah that’s it I am from the DU board.
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