Posted on 03/04/2017 8:43:24 PM PST by ForYourChildren
Rudy to the rescue.
Good point.
Yes, it’s odd for a person to be both a ‘good man’ AND a democrat... but Turley’s both...
Don’t trust whatever Turley says. He was a big Obama ass-kisser when Obama was a candidate and eventually the President. He disappeared being on FOX while Obama was president. Now, all of a sudden, I see him back on FOX again and weighing in as supportive of Trump.
He goes where the $ is.
Umm sorry. There is NO legal requirement to use an independent, or ‘special’ prosecutor in this situation. Unless you could point me to an authority that states otherwise?
Specifically, look up Rule 1.7 regarding conflicts of interest related to current clients ... keeping in mind that for Jeff Sessions, his "current client" is the United States of America, not Donald Trump.
This is why the stories about Trump wanting Sessions not to recuse himself were probably true ... because Trump probably has no idea about how these ethics rules apply to a situation that he is always seeing (understandably) in political terms.
He seems to be, at least honest in his interpretation of the law. I haven’t heard much liberal spew from him and am always perplexed when I see liberal next to his name and more so when he self identifies as a liberal.
And by dumping the burden of investigating to Congress, President and Attorney General can continue working on other matters... But they both will stay informed!!!
That is just not accurate. I have see Turley on Fox rather frequently. I have also seen him very opposed to many of Obamas unconstitutional overreaches. Obamacare, Little sisters of the Poor, Rosen wiretapping, are several that come to mind.
At one point in time, Liberal simply meant free thinker. It is just one more term such as gender for sex, gay for homosexual that the Communists were allowed to corrupt.
That website is polluted.
It attempts to inject all sorts of junk.
I would submit that this is a grey area at this level and one that has been consistently ignored by Democratic administrations. And if they want to play with knives in the gutter - that is where we need to play also.
“That website is polluted.
“It attempts to inject all sorts of junk.”
It doesn’t do that to me.
Second, Sessions needs to hire an outside deputy and give that person charge of this case, almost like a special counsel. The problem is that the DOJ and the US Attorneys offices are filled to the brim with liberals sympathetic to Obama and the Clintons. The deputy must not be a liberal and should be someone able to be zealous.
The new deputy brought in should hire a special team of lawyers to assist him or her. That team should NOT be bipartisan.
One lesson from the Vince Foster investigation is that Starr was uninvolved, supervising the case from 35,000 feet, and the one lawyer with integrity ended up resigning because lib lawyers on Starrs team appeared to be undermining the investigation.
If Sessions hires a disengaged deputy to handle this matter and/or they use a bipartisan team of lawyers, the investigation will be sabotaged. Count on it.
I volunteer.
The worst-case scenario would be for someone who is prosecuted by Sessions to file a complaint against Sessions for ethical misconduct over a conflict of interest. Even if the charge doesn't stick, it could be sufficient for a criminal charge against that defendant to be dismissed, or a conviction overturned. Is that really a risk you would ever want to take ... just so the AG can be a "fighter" in your mind? Please.
that junk is now part of your machine...
“that junk is now part of your machine...”
I don’t get that junk.
If there is a clear conflict of interest - I agree. But does the mere fact that Sessions was nominated by Trump constitute such a conflict? In reality yes. Legally? I don’t think so. But I have to concede that even if that is true it could be grounds for an appeal - with all of its attendant uncertainty.
So - ok I agree with you.
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