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Sessions Says ‘Evil Attack’ in Virginia Is Domestic Terrorism
The New York Times ^ | 8/14/2017 | EILEEN SULLIVAN

Posted on 08/14/2017 7:57:52 AM PDT by Kevin C

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Monday that the “evil attack” in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend meets the legal definition of an act of domestic terrorism, an early declaration in an investigation after a car plowed into a crowd of protesters.

“It does meet the definition of domestic terrorism in our statute,” Mr. Sessions said on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” referring to a fatal attack on Saturday when a vehicle drove into a crowd protesting white nationalists, killing one woman and injuring others. A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged by Virginia authorities with second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and failing to stop at the scene of a crash that resulted in a death.

“You can be sure we will charge and advance the investigation toward the most serious charges that can be brought because this is unequivocally an unacceptable evil attack,” Mr. Sessions said, adding that terrorism and civil rights investigators were working on the case.

Mr. Sessions appeared on several morning news shows on Monday, condemning the violent demonstrations over the removal of a Confederate monument and defending President Trump’s response.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; US: Virginia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: agsessions; charlottesville; cvariots; doj; domesticterrorism; jumpstheshark; schizophrenia; schizophrenic; sessions; terrorism; trump; trumpdoj; virginia
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To: robroys woman

Under 0bama, it would simply be “workplace violence.”


161 posted on 08/14/2017 1:10:01 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: robroys woman

I wish you wouldn’t try to be so objective and reasonable, it makes other people look bad.

/s

p.s Thanks, I enjoy your comments.


162 posted on 08/14/2017 1:13:58 PM PDT by Enchante (Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
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To: Kevin C; All

I’ve really tried to have some patience with AG Sessions but the more he acts, the more he appears to be a swamp creature.

I googled to see if I could find where AG Sessions condemned the shooting of Republicans and US Rep Steve Scalise, as domestic terrorism. It clearly was but I cannot find anywhere where he condemned this act of domestic terrorism.

Jeff Sessions might be a nice guy but he clearly shows his hypocrisy in this latest condemnation. He needs to go if he can’t perform his duties, per our Constitution and help rid DC of all this corruption.

CGato


163 posted on 08/14/2017 1:24:07 PM PDT by Conservative Gato (There are NOW 4 kind of LIES; Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and the Media.)
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To: Kevin C

With Rod Rosenstein as the Deputy Attorney General, Sessions has built in job security.


164 posted on 08/14/2017 1:29:00 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: zeestephen

“Why is everyone on this thread upset with Jeff Sessions?”

Because he’s a beady-eyed deep-state rat bastard?

Trump caved to the depend-soiling hand-wringers in his administration that genuflect to the hysterical media. His first statements were just fine. The ‘defensive’ statements today opened the floodgates for continual smearing by the anti-American left.

The deep state are getting their money’s worth out of Sessions.


165 posted on 08/14/2017 1:41:36 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America. Treat them accordingly.)
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To: Kevin C

Every day, in every way, I hate this little coward just a bit more.


166 posted on 08/14/2017 1:52:17 PM PDT by heights
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To: Architect of Paradise

“You didn’t list every symbol in the world”

You only listed one, the one leftist wanted listed.


167 posted on 08/14/2017 1:54:21 PM PDT by heights
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To: Kevin C; All

What about ANTIFA and BLM Attorney General Sessions?

They showed up to the event with Baseball Bats, Led pipes, pepper spray, water balloons full of urine, feces and liquid that burns. They were attacking people.

How are they not considered Terrorist Attorney General Sessions?


168 posted on 08/14/2017 1:56:11 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Kevin C
Wow, that is open minded (sarc). How can Sessions know what really happened without a detailed investigation? Or is he now forming his opinions from CNN News now?
169 posted on 08/14/2017 2:04:12 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: Alberta's Child

Especially knowing the “victim” was ANTIFA.


170 posted on 08/14/2017 2:04:44 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: Sam Gamgee

Wow, that is open minded (sarc). How can Sessions know what really happened without a detailed investigation? Or is he now forming his opinions from CNN News now?


Doesn’t have to be CNN. Just watched Eboni Williams launch into a tirade against DJT that covered most of the left’s talking points. Started by saying she had doubts that MAGA didn’t stand for MAKE AMERICA WHITE AGAIN, but she “no longer can give DJT the benefit of the doubt. Then added, yes Obama failed to denounce BLM but he is no longer President. Absolutely disgusting monologue.

Think about that a second.. Eboni Williams says that Obama’s legacy will include him missing opportunities to speak out against BLM, but because DJT blamed all sides, she no longer can give him the benefit of the doubt on his racial allegiance.

The entire panel, including Kat Timpf (no surprise), and Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill agreed with her. In fact, O’Neill stated in his rebuttal that Eboni “won him over” in the argument!

I know many of you have already sworn off FOX News. This was it for me. After all, Hannity is really the only sane one left after even Tucker wavered on the reported possible Sessions firing. But more than that, this is truly the last days folks. The last days of free speech, the last days of sanity, the last days of the white male, the last days of freedom, and the last days of our grand republic.

When you have true hero’s like Rob O’Neill cowering from the PC police. perhaps to sell books...perhaps just to avoid being labeled a racist...

What do Republicans, even the most moderate among them, see as an end game here? Do these idiots believe that groups like ANTIFA or BLM will ever be quelled? Ever be satisfied? Hell no they won’t. If every conservative, every patriot, every true defender of the constitution were to disappear tomorrow; these groups would then go after the “moderate” democrats, then the “lesser leftists”, until finally they turn on themselves in a myriad of factions. We see this in the ideologies of Islamic terrorists.

There are diminishing ways to avoid this. Few of them peaceful. Years from now many will look back on this era as the last chance, the turning point, perhaps the end.

I’m sorry folks. It is what it is. There is no point in characterizing it as anything else.


172 posted on 08/14/2017 2:53:45 PM PDT by NImerc
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To: heights

You listed another. Between you and I, both have been listed. Good teamwork.


173 posted on 08/14/2017 3:33:33 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

You would apply the same standard to members of the military? They shouldn’t have a say in what takes place in their local community?


174 posted on 08/14/2017 4:02:33 PM PDT by Armscor38
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To: socialism_stinX

“The Trump admin is wisely refusing to let the democrats hang that sign on them, and are speaking out strongly against the car attack and other violence. Trump people know that it was probably a false flag operation by left-wingers, but it will be very tough to get enough evidence to prove this in court. So, they’re doing the next best thing and running damage control tactics to remove the sign the left-wingers are trying to hang on them”.


Ha. I was thinking exactly the same thing, but I hope it’s not just wishful thinking.


175 posted on 08/14/2017 4:14:08 PM PDT by 82nd Bragger (Count to four except when in a helicopter)
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To: proust

“He recused himself from Hillary investigations in January”.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/313509-sessions-pledges-to-recuse-himself-from-clinton-investigations


I have to believe Trump knew Sessions would not go after Hillary before nominating him. WTF was Trump thinking?


176 posted on 08/14/2017 4:19:21 PM PDT by 82nd Bragger (Count to four except when in a helicopter)
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To: Kevin C
I guaran-damn-tee that if a hundred allahoo snackbar shouting muzz slimes with ISIS tattoos on their foreheads were to run over crowds in ever city tomorrow simultaneously while burka clad ululaters cheered on, Sessions would be saying that we must not jump to conclusions and that these must all be either accidents or lone wolves, and "ROP" blah blah blah. And then he'd recuse himself.

What a huge disappointment. I hope Trump fires his lame arse.

177 posted on 08/14/2017 4:21:29 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We Fix America)
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To: 9YearLurker

He was driving in such a manner that people were running to get out of his way and this was before that one protester swatted the car with what appears to be a bat. As far as I know, Field’s car was the only vehicle attacked that day. Why?


178 posted on 08/14/2017 4:35:19 PM PDT by Armscor38
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To: Armscor38

“You would apply the same standard to members of the military?”
______________________________________________________

Yes, I would. I’m talking about local elections.

Members of the military should cast absentee ballots for their local communities back home.


179 posted on 08/14/2017 4:37:58 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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To: Alberta's Child

He wasn’t talking about the car guy, he said “we’re going after those people...that cause divisiveness in America...they are domestic terrorists,” obviously referring to a group of people, the alt-right, and not one guy in a car.

Ed


180 posted on 08/14/2017 9:14:58 PM PDT by Sir_Ed
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