[SkyPilot]

...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.

Trump tweeted this morning that his residence and office at Trump Tower (where his wife and son also live) had been bugged through Obama's orders.

If true, this is perhaps the biggest political scandal in American history.

And Sessions recused himself unnecessarily on Friday regarding bogus charges about "meeting" with the Russian ambassador.

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

I pray that God intervenes and brings Obama and his thugs to justice.

[dsm69]

This ABC News report is #FakeNews until verified by more trustworthy media sources and/or publicly verified by those White House personnel mentioned as having attended this meeting, IMO!!

[Moonman62]

Unnamed sources.

The article is worthless. Nobody on the inside would talk to an enemy like ABC.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I also think Sessions made a big mistake.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Does anyone even remember Trump's great address to Congress Tuesday night?

Didn't think so.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

[Meet the New Boss]

As to the Sessions recusal, he already told the Senate committee in his confirmation hearings that he would recuse himself from anything that came up about the campaign.

I don’t remember his exact words, but it was along those lines.

So that wasn’t new and had already been given away, and was probably in order to get confirmation from the McCain-Graham group.

[HotHunt]

From what I heard him say in his press conference, Sessions only recused himself from investigations of Russian interference in the election during the campaign.

Now that he has recused himself, the Senate needs to move on approving his deputy AG before the Obama acolyte that's the deputy now, takes charge of the investigation.

There's nothing to stop Sessions from investigating Obama for illegally-wire-tapping Trump Tower before the election. Or Hillary's email scandal. Or the Clinton Foundation scam.

But to investigate anything, there has to be some evidence that a crime was committed. You can't just go after your political enemies willy-nilly.

Whatever evidence Trump has that caused him to Tweet these allegations against Obama, may be enough but we don't know what that evidence is yet, do we?

[dadfly]

wow. this is likely fake news. so many gullible people here.

[LydiaLong]

“so called winter white house.’

[cpdiii]

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

Translation = we just make this crap up"

[cpdiii]

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

Translation = we just make this crap up"

[Cementjungle]

Meanwhile, Pence is pissed at AP.. just now saying AP has refused to apologize for this:

[Not A Snowbird]

I believe nothing from unnamed sources. Nothing.

[boycott]

You don’t give up with the fake news do you?

You’re also continuing to attack Sessions. How many times do you have to be reminded that ....

- Sessions stood with Trump when no one would?

- Sessions took on the establishment with immigration when no one else did.

- Sessions was against trade deals to sold us down the river.

- Sessions doesn’t want un-vetted muslims from hostile nations dumped on us.

You keep trying to belittle the man but I trust his understanding of legal issues and the current situation far more than I do you. I also know where he truly stands on making America great again.

[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.

[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.

Furthermore, it does not involve the Russians either. So no one can honest;y say that he was ignoring is recusal. I think Sessions is smart enough to figure this out, if not I will help him see the light. 8>)

[Strac6]

The answer for President Trump’s team is very simple. Stop feeling like they need to answer every accusation’s specifics. All they are doing is drawing attention to the story.

The accusation is a one day (or news cycle) story.
The denial makes it a two day or two cycle story.
The response to the denial makes it a three day story
... and then we are close to or into weekend talking head news shows, etc.

It’s like the day the small time Washington DC political rag printed a story accusing a Member from Arkansas of being one of the 10 Dumbest Congressman. Probably 200 people read the story.

The next day one of the named Congressmen called a news conference to deny he was really one of the 10 dumbest Members. EVERYBODY covered the story, and his hometown media picked the story up off the AP and ran it in rotation for 4 days!

Bottom line, an unknown rag called him one of the dumbest members of Congress... and he then proved it the next day!

Another example, Clinton and Monica. The story broke at 11:45 PM late one Monday night. He then made his half-arsed denial the next day.... Linda Tripp released some of her tapes... and we were off to the races.... for 18 months.

Had Clinton had kept his mouth shut, asked for 10 minutes of TV time on Thursday night, admitted it, taking full responsibility, asking for forgiveness, begging forgiveness, then finding someone to bomb the following Monday, the story would have been dead in a week.

We are making flea sheet into major bull sheet.

The Team needs to have the same answer to every accusation.

“This is all bunk. This is newspaper editors in New York and Washington trying to reverse the results of the voters in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan and the rest of the country.”

“Rather than agreeing with 78% of the nation who supports President Trump’s vision of a great American future, the entrenched Washington Dems and their partners in the media are trying to sabotage President Trump... and America.”

More statements like that.

Rather than trying to defeat every little pin prick, simply lump them all together, redefine the playing field as the Dems and the Media vs. the American people.... and keep repeating that message again and again and again.

[generally]

This does not make sense to me. Nor did the Flynn resignation.

Perhaps this is all theatrical maneuvering by the Trump administration which is designed to trap the swamp creatures in their web. I surely hope so.

[AlanGreenSpam]

I was never impressed with Sessions from the getgo...

He’s old and feeble and inarticulate as hell. Whenever he talks in his slow drawl, I keep asking myself, “How smart is this guy?”

Doesn’t seem like a fighter.

It’s time for Trump to be decisive and appoint a better Attorney General like Trey Gowdy or Ted Cruz or some high caliber legal pit bull.

[SoFloFreeper]

ABC provides no proof.