Sessions Gone

[Starlight]

What if, at least for the next few months, he does nothing at all to halt or limit the scope or financing of the investigation, but DOES almost immediately honor the House subpoenas, DOES release the unredacted documents POTUS promised to declassify, DOES provide whatever it was (I can't recall at the moment) the House requested and Sessions refused? Perhaps even better, what if instead of limiting the Mueller investigation or its resources, he orders it expanded to include any potential Russian "collusion" by the Clinton campaign? (And of course, any other potential crimes discovered in the course of THAT investigation.)

If you'll believe that, Acting-Attorney-General Whitaker literally has a hot tub from his scam company to sell you.



I'm disappointed in Trump: Fraudulent hot tubs aren't up to the level of fraudulent universities and fraudulent charities and fraudulent taxes like Trump does, and Trump told us he only hires the best people. He's slipping on the level of his criminals / cabinet appointees.

To answer your question: I'd be pleased and very pleasantly surprised. Trump administration officials not being absurdly corrupt, and instead rising to the bar of doing a run-of-the-mill job at their jobs would be a nice change.

To ask you the opposite question: Assuming he does the opposite and does all the things that you seem to agree would be bad with regard to interference with the Mueller investigation, what would your response be? Are you such a dyed-in-the-wool Trump cultist that it wouldn't shake your fervent faith one iota?

[firstfloor]

The AG controls the Mueller investigation so this is a critical point for America. The blue wave indicates that the country is now out of step with its criminal President. How much damage is he willing to do to escape justice?

[Starlight]

So it turns out that Federal law clearly states that with the Attorney General gone, the Deputy Attorney General (Rod Rosenstein) is now Acting-Attorney General.

Trump does not have the authority to choose the Acting Attorney General. He can, of course, nominate Hot-Tub-Conman Whitaker for the position of Attorney General and await Senate confirmation, but the choice of Acting Attorney General isn't up to him. This law dates back to the bad old days of Watergate and was put in place to stop presidents doing a Nixon.

Even if that federal law hadn't existed, there's pretty powerful constitutional arguments to be made that because the constitution specifies that the Attorney General position requires Senate confirmation, the president can't simply stick a random person into the position without such Senate confirmation. Multiple legal scholars are expressing this view in media outlets currently, and SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas made precisely this argument last year in a concurring opinion.

[Mountain Man]

Wake up dummies. Trump got rid of Sessions and installed Whiticker, a loyalist, for one reason only, and that's because he is pooping his pants over what he knows is coming from Muellar. He wants this guy to obstruct the investigation. What's it going to take to snap you Trumpster guys out of your cultic stupor?

It'll take more than conspiracy theories and liberal hysterics, that's for sure.

[JimL]

It'll take more than conspiracy theories and liberal hysterics, that's for sure.

Perfect example of why I call you a big dummie. Whiticker is a no-body, he's another unethical thief just like your naked emperor, but he is loyal to the Don, and he has already explained publicly how he would go about shutting down the Mueller investigation, which of course J. Sessions, since recusing himself, has no ability to do, which is why he was let go. That isn't a conspiracy theory you big dunce, those are obvious facts which you just have no capacity to grasp.

[lilpixieofterror]

Perfect example of why I call you a big dummie. Whiticker is a no-body, he's another unethical thief just like your naked emperor, but he is loyal to the Don, and he has already explained publicly how he would go about shutting down the Mueller investigation, which of course J. Sessions, since recusing himself, has no ability to do, which is why he was let go. That isn't a conspiracy theory you big dunce, those are obvious facts which you just have no capacity to grasp.

[Mountain Man]

Perfect example of why I call you a big dummie. Whiticker is a no-body, he's another unethical thief just like your naked emperor, but he is loyal to the Don, and he has already explained publicly how he would go about shutting down the Mueller investigation, which of course J. Sessions, since recusing himself, has no ability to do, which is why he was let go. That isn't a conspiracy theory you big dunce, those are obvious facts which you just have no capacity to grasp.

You lack so much self-awareness that it's a wonder you can even dress yourself.

[oxmixmudd]

So, for you pants-pooping progressives who are certain Whittaker is there to dispose of the Mueller investigation --

How will you respond if he does not actually do that? What if, at least for the next few months, he does nothing at all to halt or limit the scope or financing of the investigation, but DOES almost immediately honor the House subpoenas, DOES release the unredacted documents POTUS promised to declassify, DOES provide whatever it was (I can't recall at the moment) the House requested and Sessions refused? Perhaps even better, what if instead of limiting the Mueller investigation or its resources, he orders it expanded to include any potential Russian "collusion" by the Clinton campaign? (And of course, any other potential crimes discovered in the course of THAT investigation.)

I doubt that will happen, but if it does I will do what none of you so far has shown you have the guts or integrity to do. I will admit I was wrong.



Jim

[oxmixmudd]

You lack so much self-awareness that it's a wonder you can even dress yourself.

Despite JimL being 'acerbic' in making his point, it is as obvious as anything Trump has done so far that he fired Sessions so he can shut down the Mueller probe. JimL is not wrong on that MM. A personal attack on him will not change that simple fact and illustrates only who you are without adding one ounce to any evidence what he has said is wrong or incorrect.

As for JimL being acerbic - have any of you actually read your own posts lately?

Jim

[Mountain Man]

...it is as obvious as anything Trump has done so far that he fired Sessions so he can shut down the Mueller probe.

Supposing you're right, why shouldn't he? It's a colossal waste of money and government resources. Allowing Mongrel Mueller to continue running around without a leash, snapping at anything that moves would be unconscionable.

[Zymologist]

Despite JimL being 'acerbic' in making his point, it is as obvious as anything Trump has done so far that he fired Sessions so he can shut down the Mueller probe. JimL is not wrong on that MM. A personal attack on him will not change that simple fact and illustrates only who you are without adding one ounce to any evidence what he has said is wrong or incorrect.

As for JimL being acerbic - have any of you actually read your own posts lately?

Jim

I'm sorry, but this looks exactly like the "whataboutism" you have complained about so often lately.

[Cow Poke]

As for JimL being acerbic - have any of you actually read your own posts lately?

Jim

Find a half dozen posts by JimL that are NOT 'acerbic' or otherwise calling somebody stupid or moron or idiot or ignorant..... He's not here for Christian fellowship, Jim.

[oxmixmudd]

Supposing you're right, why shouldn't he? It's a colossal waste of money and government resources. Allowing Mongrel Mueller to continue running around without a leash, snapping at anything that moves would be unconscionable.

That is something we will probably know fairly soon. I'm as interested as the next guy as to the outcome. And if Mueller has any sense at all, he would known the firing of Sessions was coming and has 95% of the report already written and ready to go.

Jim

[carpedm9587]

It wasn't nearly the wave they were hoping for. I agree, the Dems picked up significant gains in many places. I also agree that the Republicans had a significant edge in most places, and they were due for a correction.

So the argument is "we didn't get beaten as badly as we feared." Understood.

Yes - the entire country was overdue for a correction. It was due for a correction in 2008 when things were badly skewed to the left (at least at the federal level) and it over-corrected to the right. Now the reverse is true, especially at the state level. And the gerrymandering needs to be undone. I don't see why either party seems to relish in winning by cheating. "Winning at any cost" is not a very ethically healthy model.

[carpedm9587]

Despite JimL being 'acerbic' in making his point, it is as obvious as anything Trump has done so far that he fired Sessions so he can shut down the Mueller probe. JimL is not wrong on that MM. A personal attack on him will not change that simple fact and illustrates only who you are without adding one ounce to any evidence what he has said is wrong or incorrect.

As for JimL being acerbic - have any of you actually read your own posts lately?

Jim

The "acerbic" comment was from me. While I am by no means perfect, I work pretty hard to make my posts about the arguments, and not the person, and to call people on the uncivil tone so often taken here. But most of the time it is to little avail. For some, my lack of perfection becomes an excuse to dismiss those calls. For others, they defend the lack of civility as perfectly appropriate and even necessary.

For some, the "Christian" message has become fairly toxic. I find myself in sympathy with the "Red Letter Christians."