Posted on 04/10/2018 5:19:35 PM PDT by ethom
President Donald Trump is considering firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, multiple people familiar with the discussions tell CNN.
Such an action could potentially further Trump's goal of trying to put greater limits on special counsel Robert Mueller.
Trump has long been angry at top Justice Department officials, who he feels have not done enough to protect him from Mueller's ongoing probe.
Some of Trump's legal advisers are telling him they now have a stronger case against Rosenstein. They believe Rosenstein crossed the line in what he can and cannot pursue. And they consider him conflicted since he is a potential witness in the special counsel's investigation because he wrote the memo that justified firing former FBI Director James Comey.
The legal advisers also believe they have successfully argued to the American public that the FBI is tainted and think they can make the same case against Rosenstein. A senior administration official said the White House has been discussing potential options with key congressional Republican leaders, fearful of "blindsiding them." A person familiar with the conversations says a top congressional Republican advised the White House not to fire Rosenstein.
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Rosenstein should have been fired long ago. Better late than never. Firing Rosenstein doesn’t solve Trump’s problems as the Mueller probe will continue.
I was just listening to Beck. He and his crew make a great case for "letting it play out".
Not only fire Rosenstein and Mueller.... Arrest them, seize all their assets, interrogate them and charge them both for attempted Coup and high treason.
Perhaps Trump is offering Dershowitz the job of AG. I hope he is. It would be a masterstroke the left would never recover from.
Trump will have to go to the mat if he wants to survive.
He is surrounded by enemies.
How would deranged trump hating CNN know a thing .
They know nothing .
They just lie .
We need to clamp down on the press ability to bold face lie .
multiple people . . . no names . . . just multiple people
Fire Rosencriminal......
Fire Rosencriminal......
Right now the permanent government Lilliputians have him strapped down like Gulliver, limited to continuing the same budget games they've played for years and staying stuck to the Syria Tar Baby but keeping him from doing what he promised to do and is inclined to do.
JMHo
“...he’ll be impeached regardless of who controls the House.”
The PERFECT, UNASSAILABLE reason for firing the vile little weasel is that he knowingly, willfully, and very deceptively mislead a FISA judge over the Steele dossier and put his signature on the dotted line. It will be there forever. The matter of advising Trump to fire Comey is something extra. That rules out any impeachment of Trump.
A better “bold move” would be to declassify and release ALL the material that the FBI and DOJ is stonewalling.
Top men
Who?
Top ...men
Alan is having dinner with potus tonight...
He should have been fired the moment he made Comey’ BF SC with an unlimited limited budget and no gaurdrails or even a specific crime. Think how much easier life would have been if he had fired the weasel a year ago.
They never will..
Sessions should fall on his sword and fire them all on the way out the door.
Wait a minute, didn’t Triple E say Rosenstein is a White Hat?
Rosenstein is one reason why the Deep State is fighting a second special council so hard. A subpoena from a SC investigating Rosenstein’s role in all this would justifiably lead to his removal.
“Perhaps Trump is offering Dershowitz the job of AG. I hope he is. It would be a masterstroke the left would never recover from.”
If he does that, it will signal the end. Dershoshitz is a g-ddamn liar and scumbag leftist.
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