Posted on 11/09/2018 6:17:17 AM PST by blam
As acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s refusal to recuse himself from overseeing the Mueller probe rattles Democrats and even Kellyanne Conway’s husband – all of whom worry that President Trump may finally have found a way to force an ending to the interminable investigation – the shortlist for Jeff Sessions’ replacement is growing longer.
According to multiple media reports, Trump is considering no fewer than seven people for the job: Chris Christie, Rudy Giuliani, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Labor Secretary Alex (not Jim) Acosta, HHS Secretary Alex Azar, US Appeals Court Judge Edith Jones and former Attorney General William Barr, who held the job under President George W Bush.
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has also been rumored as a top pick, and is far and away the leading candidate on online betting markets, though his name has been largely absent from media reports.
To that list, some would add Whitaker, who has remained a favorite to remain in the job permanently despite being a politically contentious pick. But according to Bloomberg, members of the GOP’s senate leadership are pushing for Acosta, seeing him as more likely to win confirmation given that he has already been vetted and has a more compelling life story. Acosta, the son of Cuban refugees, went to Harvard for undergrad and law school before clerking for the Supreme Court.
Causing no end of frustration for Democratic leaders, Whitaker has so far refused to recuse himself from overseeing the Mueller probe, despite his public criticism of Mueller’s probe as illegal and a “witch hunt.” And sources close to Whitaker say he has no intention of doing so (and why would he, considering that would almost certainly sink any chance he has of staying in the job).
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Not sure I’m crazy about any of those names. Rudy and Christie, hmmm????? Pam...only seen her on TV.
Bondi with all the Florida recounts again? I don’t think so. I say a fighter.
She is the best !...........................
Hmmmm, two of the names I originally brought up. Rudy and Christie.
Lindsay Graham has experience as a military code of justice prosecutor.
The new Alpha Lindsey .
How about David Limbaugh. Make Pelosi pass out while foaming at the mouth...
Not Graham as he has had an epiphany and the way things are going we do not need another loss of senator.
Pam Bondi is the globalist who allowed the “black lives matter” thugs to bar George Zimmerman’s mother and uncle from the courtroom on flimsy pretexts, so that the railroad attempt could procede without pointing out to the public that Zimmerman’s mother and uncle are much darker than Obama.
She did other crap during that fiasco, but that was what stuck with me.
I think she should be appointed to a position shoveling elephant poop at a zoo.
Giuliani announced long ago that he would have to recuse himself as well.
I don't think those two would make it through the Senate anyway.
Seen as too political/pro-Trump TV personalities and not serious.
For all I know they are open borders.
Because Dems are upset about the current default AG it puts them in a uncomfortable position to reject an appointment,
How about David Limbaugh.
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I don’t trust them. I don’t believe either Limbaugh was really behind Trump before the election and Rush, at least, is too close to those wretched Bush’s.
NO, NO, and maybe...
I’ve always wanted Christie as AG. He’s a damn pitbull when it comes to law and order.
“I don’t trust them. I don’t believe either Limbaugh was really behind Trump before the election...”
You are correct. Whether they like to admit it or not, the two Limbaughs are in with “the elite”. They act like they support Trump now, and I expect they do, but they haven’t always.
I’d be OK with David L. on SCOTUS but it is, or should be, strictly Constitutional interpretation. But as Trump’s AG? Uh uh. There’s too much of a risk of another Jeff Sessions.
I know it is unfair but nobody named Acosta.
How about Greg Jarrett or Joe DiGenova?
Someone posted Joe diGenova yesterday.
Ann Coulter.
Re: Graham - my thoughts exactly. We went down that road in Alabama and now have Doug Jones representing (or not) us.
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