Posted on 03/14/2018 7:31:43 PM PDT by george76
STUNNING: Jeff Sessions Cited the WRONG LAW when He Recused Himself from Russian Witch Hunt – Took Advice From Obama Lawyers ( full title )
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Sessions made the announcement the day after he was sworn in as Attorney General after advice from Obama lawyers in the Department of Justice.
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legal expert Gregg Jarrett told Sean Hannity that Sessions used the WRONG LAW when announcing his recusal. He took advice from OBAMA OFFICIALS and they misled him.
Gregg Jarrett: He betrayed the president. He knew when he was sworn in that he was going to recuse himself and the very next day he put the recusal in motion. He never told the president about that. And by the way he cited the regulation in his recusal… He cited the wrong law. It didn’t apply.
Sara Carter: I think he was being advised badly at the time.
Gregg Jarrett: Yeah, by Obama’s holdovers. Who in the world would believe them?
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
...He took advice from OBAMA OFFICIALS and they misled him...
Doesn’t say much for his IQ. It’s way past time for him to go. That’s too important of a position for incompetence.
IDIOT still hasn't FIRED McCabe!!! There is like 1 day left before he gets his pension & Sessions is still thinking about firing him!!!
Get Chris Christie for the job!
“Yes, and Karl Rove will be indicted in five business days.”
The time is almost neigh for March Madness.
Here’s to you and others enjoying ample crow.
Do you have any idea what the AG is actually doing or do you ignore every single announcement on almost half a dozen investigations to date?
SMH
Fire HIM
Only to those who hyper-analyze the "dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable" language in the statute. If what you say represents some point of real life contention (can;t use Vacancies Act when the position is vacant due to being fired), why isn't there a "Vacancies Act uproar" over replacing Tillerson with Pompeo?
-- Also, the appointment under the VRA can only last for 210 days, and the person so appointed is not eligible to be appointed to permanent Department head. --
That's on the Senate. The "210 day" value isn't "straight up." 5 USC 3346 anticipates contention versus Senate confirmation, and can start the 210 day clock when the Senate rejects a nomination.
-- and the person so appointed is not eligible to be appointed to permanent Department head. --
I believe that is false, but I'm open to citation of history, or statute, etc. If what you say is true, Pompeo's nomination to Secretary of State will be void right off the bat.
But hey, Sessions is playing 4th dimension something or other and at any moment now he will strike a deadly blow that which vanquish the deep state. Just wait and you’ll see. /s
I believe it is Dopey, Sleepy would have been a better fit :-)
“They played him like a fiddle.”
Yeh, you can see it in his eyes. He is frozen by fear. The Clinton/Obama Cartel has something very naughty on our boy for sure....
There was no logic involved in my assertion. My remark, the one you referred to above your questions, is based on the contents of the January 10, 2017 confirmation hearing of Sessions, for AG. [The basis for my observation starts at the bottom of p21 of that transcript]
...in his confirmation hearings, he told Grassley that he would recuse from investigating Hillary and the Clinton Foundation, because his public statements suggest he is biased against them.
Picking a nit, your question is better why Sessions didn't refuse the nomination, rather than why didn't he resign. Given the order is "nominate, hearings, confirmation, appointment," technically he can't resign at the hearing stage.
-- I know you don't want a fight, and neither do I. --
A reasoned debate can be beneficial. IOW, sometimes a fight is a good thing. What I said was "I don't see any benefit in expressing my point of view on those questions, here." meaning on this particular thread, and versus you.
Having read a significant number of your posts, I believe your mind is made up on the point - which is why I see the questions as posed in bad faith. The outcome of engagement would have been the same old. I see no benefit in repeating the same counter argument in every pro/con Sessions thread. Not that you are repetitive, just that the argument is.
Do you have any idea what the AG is actually doing or do you ignore every single announcement on almost half a dozen investigations to date?
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That’s the problem. All we get are “announcements” of investigations. Whoop-de-do. That’s like saying “we’re planning on having a meeting to talk about the possibility of doing something somewhere down the line.” Complete D.C. do-nothing bullshit.
This feckless clown has had more than a year to produce results and he hasn’t produced ANYTHING. Our “Justice” system is riddled with corruption. The F.B.I. has lost all respect. The Obama holdovers and Hillary have gotten away with EVERYTHING and this useless wanker has done NOTHING except say “well, we’re taking a look at that!” for more than a year.
I literally can’t imagine why President Trump tolerates this situation.
Sad if true. I give Jeff Sessions a lot of credit for being the first to enthusiastically back and support candidate Trump. I’ve not seen him do things over the years he has served that I disagreed with. It may be a case of Peter Principle, that he was out of his league for tge big chair. Tge enemy is ruthless and cutthroat, Sessions is too much a gentleman for the opposition this time around.
This is all Kabuki theater and the press is just looking for headlines which they feed on and the plan keeps on rolling and will clean house no matter which party or position the perpetrator belongs to. Its the law!
Say what you will, this is Corporate Political savvy on display and no one in my view is better at it than DJT
26 posted on 3/14/2018 by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
The prevailing belief is that Sessions recused from investigating anything that had to do with Russia, or some such nonsense. But by the simple act of actually reading the public recusal notice, in combination with the regulation cited, one would learn that Sessions recused from investigating the Trump campaign, because he was an adviser to it.
Before that, in his confirmation hearings, he told Grassley that he would recuse from investigating Hillary and the Clinton Foundation, because his public statements suggest he is biased against them.
Thanks for the wisdom.
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FreeReign...... you're a a ramblin' gamblin' man, eh?
The FReepers who continually degrade Jeff Sessions here are fools (bitt;100American;Cboldt;Alberta's Child;Extremely Extreme Extremist certainly not included therein).
(jmo)
Pompeo is not appointed under the VRA, he’s nominated to the post as per usual procedure and is subject to Senate consent.
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Have another swill of that warm mountainman country moonshine.
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Yes ...... and it's coming soon.
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National Emergency on 11-21-2017
The argument that McCarthy has advanced is that there is no such thing as a special counsel over a counter-intelligence investigation. True enough!
And it is also true that Sessions recusing from investigating the Trump campaign gave Rosenstein an opening.
From the perspective of proper application of legal principles, Mueller's appointment is a hot mess. Improvidently granted in the first place, although from a political vantage point maybe a useful yet risky distraction. Scope is "all over the map," with visible action showing Mueller to be as much a political actor as Schumer or Pelosi.
I think it will work out in the end, but it won't be comfortable for team Trump, and I seriously doubt it will, of itself, damage the deep state or the DEM side.
The Mueller appointment also stands for the proposition that the Hillary campaign can reasonably be subjected to the same sort of "hot mess" examination. We see the hypocrisy of the DEMs in resisting call for examination of Russian collusion with the Hillary campaign.
And it took 14 months to figure that out? Right. This smells...
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