Posted on 07/20/2017 9:01:18 AM PDT by Coronal
I am FURIOUS at Sessions for doing this to Trump. Who the hell does Sessions think he is? And you would dump Trump over Sessions. That explains to me why Republicans always lose.
Clinton Emails: DOJ Inspector General to Review FBI, Comey Actions
Sessions was part of the Trump campaign. The FBI initiated an investigation of the Trump campaign and alleged collusion with the Russians in July 2016. Based on the recommendation of the DOJ Ethics Office, Sessions elected to recuse himself and offered the following statement:
“During the course of the confirmation proceedings on my nomination to be Attorney General, I advised the Senate Judiciary Committee that ‘[i]f a specific matter arose where I believed my impartiality might reasonably be questioned, I would consult with Department ethics officials regarding the most appropriate way to proceed.’
“During the course of the last several weeks, I have met with the relevant senior career Department officials to discuss whether I should recuse myself from any matters arising from the campaigns for President of the United States.
“Having concluded those meetings today, I have decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for President of the United States.
“I have taken no actions regarding any such matters, to the extent they exist.
“This announcement should not be interpreted as confirmation of the existence of any investigation or suggestive of the scope of any such investigation.
“Consistent with the succession order for the Department of Justice, Acting Deputy Attorney General and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Dana Boente shall act as and perform the functions of the Attorney General with respect to any matters from which I have recused myself to the extent they exist.”
I still have the highest respect for Jeff Sessions. Based on my personal experience with him, I have found him to be a person of the highest integrity and dedicated to the welfare of the United States of America. He is a true patriot.
Would you sandbag your boss like Sessions did to Trump? Sessions should have offered, at the very least, his resignation when he recused himself. Now, Trump's right flank is open to attack from the Deep State.
Recusal has nothing to do with his boss. It is a matter of personal ethics. Why would he offer his resignation? He is not a toady of the President. His role as AG is to administer the law fairly regardless of who it applies to.
Here are what some of the enemies of Jeff Sessions are saying (go to the articles for the specific accomplishments):
Jeff Sessions has done more damage in his first 100 days than his boss
US attorney general Jeff Sessions may not be part of the biggest investigation in the Department of Justice, but as he reaches 100 days in office, there’s little doubt that he’s had an important impact on the American criminal-justice system—potentially for years to come.
Despite the political turmoil of the Trump administration, Sessions has moved to reverse a tide of progressive reform and to fulfill his boss’s law-and-order agenda, a collection of concepts loosely articulated during the 2016 presidential campaign. Sessions’ biggest actions, from undermining federal oversight of police departments to cracking down on undocumented immigrants, have worried a wide array of lawmakers, law-enforcement leaders, advocates and scientists.
“Of all the cabinet members, maybe even the president, he has to this point had the most significant impact as to policy changes,” said Jesselyn McCurdy, the deputy director at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Washington Legislative Office told Quartz.
Unlike his boss, Sessions is delivering on what he has promised—sometimes on causes he has championed for decades.
“There’s been a great bipartisan movement by organizations on the ground and members of Congress to reform the federal criminal-justice system, based on successes that have happened in the states, but the leader of opposition to that reform was Jeff Sessions, as a senator from Alabama,” McCurdy said. “These are all things that [Sessions], as a criminal justice reform opponent, had on his radar already.
McCurdy said Sessions was “definitely” living up to the ACLU’s concerns, and in some areas, fulfilling the worst-case scenarios.
Jeff Sessions ushers in 'Trump era' at the Justice Department
In just over two months, Sessions has proved to be a central figure in effectuating Trump's vision for America in tangible ways on immigration, crime, police reform and civil rights.
And while the White House searches for new messaging to frame what Trump has accomplished in the first 100 days in office, Sessions has single-handedly managed to make several significant domestic policy changes -- from pressing pause on implementing police reforms to withdrawing Obama-era protections for transgender students in public schools.
His radical transformation of the Justice Department's role is no accident.
Many of the changes Sessions has made thus far track a familiar principle of federalism: the notion that the federal government's powers are limited and it can't coerce states into action. In other words, the federal government should get out of the states' way.
Sessions' critics worry that he is well on his way to undoing many of the major progressive achievements of his predecessors, often by withdrawing from court cases or previous directives that fail to align with his views. Yet Trump supporters cheered Sessions on during the presidential campaign when he said, "the American people are not happy with their government."
Now that Sessions is the nation's top law enforcement officer, his defenders and critics universally agree: he's been busy fulfilling the President's campaign promises and he's just getting started.
Do you really believe the crap you type? IF Sessions is as honorable as you say he is (which HE IS NOT) then Sessions would have offered his resignation KNOWING that his recusal would allow the Deep State to attack Trump for years to come. The only thing Sessions cared about was becoming AG. He doesn't care a fig that his recusal weakened Trump for years to come. And Sessions recused himself for what? For shaking the Russian Ambassador's hand at some party and for attending a meeting that many attended? Really? Sessions didn't even have the balls to tell Senator Franken to go to hell for those reasons.
What about Mueller recusing himself. No one is demanding that! Not any of Sessions supporters are demanding that. Talk about conflict of interests!
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