Posted on 10/24/2014 1:33:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Former White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler told President Obama this week he should take her name out of consideration for the post of attorney general, White House officials confirmed Friday.
“We can confirm the president asked Kathy to consider this, and she was among those the president had been looking at,” said a White House official who asked for anonymity in a written statement, referring to the search to replace retiring Attorney General Eric Holder. “Kathy took this step this week on her own volition—as she always has done, putting the president and the administration first.”
The Associated Press first broke the news Friday, reporting that Ruemmler recused herself as a candidate out of concern that it could prompt a contentious confirmation battle on Capitol Hill. Ruemmler, a close confidant of the president who left her post earlier this year to return to private practice in New York, was a fierce defender of executive privilege on controversial issues ranging from the attack at Benghazi to the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups.
White House chief of staff Denis McDonough praised Ruemmler in a statement for her commitment to the president.
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Me, too. I really don’t want that job.
Like whores running from a burning bordello.
Oh, I’LL take that job.
I’ll get fired in a week, but I might only need a week.
IMO they may try to repeat the Clinton maneuver of having several candidates withdraw or flame out due to scandal.
They finally got around to Janet Reno and told the Congress “well, we’ve gotta confirm SOMEBODY.”
Of course they wanted her all along.
>> I really don’t want that job.
If I had to choose between being Attorney General and dumping bedpans in an Ebola ward... I’d have to think on it long & hard.
Interesting. You may be on to something.
She would have carried on the great tradition of the Just-us department.
I’ll take it and then prosecute the hell out of the whole Obama administration.
I notice the WaPo made no mention of her previous crimes.
Yep. Appoint a whole slew of special prosecutors to investigate and prosecute the Obama administration.
I would also issue an AG opinion that “Executive Privilege” does not exist.
Her hands were dirty regarding the IRS targeting conservatives (at a minimum) ....... she would have had some tough questions at the confirmation hearing .... and the linguine-spine Repubs probably would have voted to confirm her anyway.
Smart move so as not to bring her past up again.
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