Posted on 07/27/2017 8:37:16 AM PDT by BlackAdderess
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., it is hereby ordered that:
Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, the following officers, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of Attorney General during any period in which the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, the Associate Attorney General, and any officers designated by the Attorney General pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 508 to act as Attorney General, have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Attorney General, until such time as at least one of the officers mentioned above is able to perform the functions and duties of that office:
(a) United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia;
(b) United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; and
(c) United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. (snip)
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Translation ?
Translation, Jeff Sessions is about to get the boot.
It’s a normal thing to do for every agency. Nothing sinister.
Is President Trump ready to boot Sessions, McCabe and Rosestein at once??? Oh just WOW!!!
Reason to first fire all the US Attorneys ?
Wouldn’t that lead to this guy—an Obama appointee who has been named the acting US attorney for the region?
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/meet-us-attorney
Does the succession list mean that Senate Judiciary is essentially bypassed? There will be an acting AG.
So, are the US Attorneys listed in a, b, c conservatives? Liberals? Intelligent?
That’s what I was thinking too. The next one is an “acting U.S. Attorney” as well.
I rarely agree with Lindsey graham. Cant stand the guy. But I agree with everything he said in the tweeted ABC clip today. I realize I am in the rare minority on this here
Congress has Sessions back.
Fire sessions and accept consequences or get off his back
Trump needs congress for what will be at least two SCOTUS picks..as well as other things. ScOTUS will be lasting legacy for decades
Are the F N GOPe Senators helping with the Trump Agenda? Hell no! So what does he have to lose?
1,2,3 acting attorneys from the prior administration.
Sessions OTOH is helping the Trump agenda more than anyone else.
Trump can fire Sessions..Reince...and Mueller. Nothing is stopping him . He has the power.
All three of the guys waiting in the wings look like Obama holdovers.
I will bet that Obama’s people are at the bottom of the weirdness going on, and the three Obama appointees in the succession line is why they are already spinning this up as “Saturday Night Massacre” in the hopes that if they can manage to get rid of AG Sessions, Trump will pay a very steep price for firing the holdovers.
Trump’s nominees have got to get through.
This means nothing - Rachel Brand is the Associate AG so if Rosenstein and Sessions are fired, she becomes Acting AG. If Sessions resigns, then the President can pick another Senate-confirmed official.
No, that is routine and happens at the start of every new administration.
No, I think if Sessions is fired, Trump is stuck with three Obama appointees in a row, and the Senate Judiciary has already warned that their calendar is full for the rest of the year.
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