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Rod Rosenstein throws a spanner in the Democratic message machine
washington examiner ^ | 5/21/2018 | tom rogan

Posted on 05/21/2018 10:04:57 AM PDT by bitt

Many have laughed at Trump's concerns, but on Sunday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gave momentum to President Trump's belief that the FBI may have spied on his 2016 presidential campaign for political reasons. Rosenstein did so by ordering the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate whether there has been "impropriety or political motivation" in the FBI's Trump-related investigations.

Trump had called for just this kind of investigation earlier on Sunday with the following tweet:

I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes - and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration! 1:37 PM - May 20, 2018

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andrewmccabe; carterpage; christopherwray; doj; georgepapadopoulos; jamescomey; lisabarsoomian; michaelcohen; perjury; rodrosenstein; rosenstein; samclovis; steeledossier; stefanhalper; trump
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1 posted on 05/21/2018 10:04:57 AM PDT by bitt
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last paragraph:

“Rosenstein’s latest action thus puts Democrats in a catch-22.

They could continue supporting Rosenstein as the voice of objective reason, and thus effectively endorse the legitimacy of Trump’s concerns, or to turn against Rosenstein, which would suggest their own motives might just be partisan.”


2 posted on 05/21/2018 10:05:49 AM PDT by bitt (t)
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3 posted on 05/21/2018 10:06:26 AM PDT by bitt (t)
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I guess “monkey wrench” is no longer politically-correct?


4 posted on 05/21/2018 10:07:08 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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They’ll turn on Rosenstein...in 3, 2, 1...


5 posted on 05/21/2018 10:07:39 AM PDT by gr8eman (Since God has been banished from our classrooms, Satan has filled the void.)
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Go Rosenstein and Sessions!! Great job in draining the swamp!


6 posted on 05/21/2018 10:08:12 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Democracy: The cliff's edge of Marxism)
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Yeah but that is purely a tactic to stall Horowitz’ report - maybe hoping it goes on beyond the November election!


7 posted on 05/21/2018 10:08:14 AM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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Here we call them wrenches.

And never mind Rosenstein…where is Magoo?


8 posted on 05/21/2018 10:08:35 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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They’ll come back with ... “no reasonable prosecutor...”...


9 posted on 05/21/2018 10:09:09 AM PDT by TiGuy22
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Rosenweasel is the very definition of a conflicted Deep Stater.


10 posted on 05/21/2018 10:09:10 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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Baloney.........


11 posted on 05/21/2018 10:09:48 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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> Baloney.........

Exactly. This is Barney Fife covering his a$$


12 posted on 05/21/2018 10:13:02 AM PDT by Kent C
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To: SaveFerris
IIRC, Rogan was born in the UK. Bits talk funny. 😉
13 posted on 05/21/2018 10:13:56 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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Brits do, too !


14 posted on 05/21/2018 10:14:24 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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“Rosenstein’s latest action thus puts Democrats in a catch-22.

They could continue supporting Rosenstein as the voice of objective reason, and thus effectively endorse the legitimacy of Trump’s concerns, or to turn against Rosenstein, which would suggest their own motives might just be partisan.”

I think it puts Democrats "in a bind", or "between a rock and a hard place". Neither option works for them, but that doesn't mean it's a Catch 22.

15 posted on 05/21/2018 10:14:56 AM PDT by edwinland
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Oh it’s Rogan — knew it had to be a Brit — when I saw “spanner” lol


16 posted on 05/21/2018 10:16:03 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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Rosenweasel’s best option is to try to stay ahead of the wave that’s coming on them fast, because this thing hasn’t fallen apart, it’s exploded. Looked at from any normal, objective viewpoint hell yes there’s probable cause, but remember that a partisan Dem looks at it in terms of what they can get away with. That horizon is shrinking on them.


17 posted on 05/21/2018 10:20:05 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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Isn’t Sessions the actual AG? Or does he hold a ceremonial post like the Prince of Wales?


18 posted on 05/21/2018 10:23:40 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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They’ll turn on Rosenstein...in 3, 2, 1...


Nope. They’ll stick with him because they know Trump will remove him the day after the midterms.


19 posted on 05/21/2018 10:27:04 AM PDT by lodi90
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Darn! And just when I was coming to terms with losing the expression “N***** in the woodpile”


20 posted on 05/21/2018 10:31:54 AM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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