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    Rod Rosenstein’s devastating admissions

    If the worst allegations are proven, they will reveal one of the most far-reaching political scandals in American history

    Rod Rosenstein’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee was quiet, calm, almost bemused. But the tale he told was devastating — to the FBI, the Department of Justice, and the Mueller investigation. It destroyed three years of media narrative about ‘Trump-Russia’ collusion. It’s obvious now why Senate Democrats want to kill all future hearings on the topic. They lack the votes to do it, but it’s the thought that counts.

    Testifying under oath, Rosenstein laid out a series of fundamental problems plaguing the entire collusion investigation. Actually, he did even more. When questioned by Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, Rosenstein agreed that when he appointed Robert Mueller as Special Counsel in summer 2017, there was no basis for the appointment and that the FBI already knew it. In retrospect, he says, he appointed a Special Counsel because the FBI hid crucial fact facts from him. They vigorously deny it.

    This back-and-forth signals a fight, sure to intensify, over who is to blame for multiple investigations gone badly wrong. Will primary responsibility fall on the FBI or Department of Justice? The intelligence agencies? Or the Obama White House and its National Security team?

    Rosenstein is a central figure in this clash since he was number two at the Department of Justice after Trump took office. Because Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from investigations involving Russia, Rosenstein oversaw them. He supervised the FBI probes, recommended the firing of Director James Comey and the appointment of his successor, Christopher Wray, decided to appoint a Special Counsel, and chose former FBI director Robert Mueller for the job. The FBI and Mueller’s team conducted the actual investigations, but Rosenstein was their ultimate supervisor, the guarantor of their probity. His testimony shows he played that role with the careful attention to detail normally associated with teenage babysitters texting their friends rather than watching their charges. ‘You kids just take care of yourselves. I trust you.’

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    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    The funniest part is that it was the idiot from Hawaii -- no, not Obama, Senator Hirono -- who forced these confessions from Rosenstein while she was desperately trying to get him to say something, anything, that would bury Trump.

    Hirono raised reports that he discussed wearing a wire or using the 25th Amendment to remove Trump.

    Rosenstein denied he was involved in any conspiracy against Trump but Hirono cut him off to ask about specific statements.

    Rosenstein denied secretly recording President Trump and “never in any way suggested the President could be removed under the 25th Amendment.”

    Hirono seems to be making a case for the Administration. She just prompted Rosenstein to say that he agreed with the view that there was no evidence of obstruction of justice. She then dug deeper and Rosenstein just said that “he agrees that there was no evidence of a crime” by Trump.

    Hirono continued to dig deeper. She pressed Rosenstein on how 1000 prosecutors disagreed with him. Rosenstein just said “we have a lot more than 1000 former prosecutors.” He said that while they did not know the full record, he did. Hirono cut him off again. Rosenstein said it was unfair. “Nobody was in favor of prosecution.”

    https://jonathanturley.org/2020/06/0...ciary-hearing/
    Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
    But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
    Than a fool in the eyes of God


    From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
      The funniest part is that it was the idiot from Hawaii -- no, not Obama, Senator Hirono -- who forced these confessions from Rosenstein while she was desperately trying to get him to say something, anything, that would bury Trump.

      Hirono raised reports that he discussed wearing a wire or using the 25th Amendment to remove Trump.

      Rosenstein denied he was involved in any conspiracy against Trump but Hirono cut him off to ask about specific statements.

      Rosenstein denied secretly recording President Trump and “never in any way suggested the President could be removed under the 25th Amendment.”

      Hirono seems to be making a case for the Administration. She just prompted Rosenstein to say that he agreed with the view that there was no evidence of obstruction of justice. She then dug deeper and Rosenstein just said that “he agrees that there was no evidence of a crime” by Trump.

      Hirono continued to dig deeper. She pressed Rosenstein on how 1000 prosecutors disagreed with him. Rosenstein just said “we have a lot more than 1000 former prosecutors.” He said that while they did not know the full record, he did. Hirono cut him off again. Rosenstein said it was unfair. “Nobody was in favor of prosecution.”

      https://jonathanturley.org/2020/06/0...ciary-hearing/
      She's never been the sharpest pencil in the box.
      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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      • #4
        Oddly quiet in this thread....

        ... Barack? Hillary 'My Preciousss election' ? James the Comester? Bueller? Anyone? Anyone?
        ...>>> Witty remark or snarky quote of another poster goes here <<<...

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        • #5
          Obviously, this proves Trump is a Russian agent.


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          • #6
            I'll wait for perspectives on this story that come from several sources, rather than an obviously conservatively-biased one.

            Maybe the Spectator's analysis is spot-on, and maybe it's not. Time will tell.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by MaxVel View Post
              Oddly quiet in this thread....

              ... Barack? Hillary 'My Preciousss election' ? James the Comester? Bueller? Anyone? Anyone?
              I'm not allowed to talk to you, you.... you.... RACIST*!!!!







              *CP is kidding - referencing a weird discussion in a different thread
              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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