Posted on 09/22/2018 9:25:23 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz says that President Trump could fight in court to force Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to recuse himself in the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Dershowitz made the comments in an interview on CNN's "Smerconish" after it was reported by The New York Times that Rosenstein brought up the possibility of recording Trump in the Oval Office last year.
Rosenstein has said that he "never pursued or authorized recording the President and any suggestion that I have ever advocated for the removal of the President is absolutely false."
Dershowitz suggested Saturday: "What he [Trump] could do very plausibly is have his lawyers go to court and make a motion to recuse Rosenstein from any involvement in any case involving the president."
"Because he has a conflict of interest," said Dershowitz, who is also an opinion contributor for The Hill. "He has two conflicts of interest: First, he wrote the memo...authorizing the firing of Comey. You can't both investigate obstruction of justice and be part of the obstruction of justice."
"But second, he has a conflict now because the Times reports that his goal is to be 'vindicated,' and the way he can be 'vindicated' is by putting all the blame on President Trump," Dershowitz added in the interview.
Hope Trump does this. He wouldn’t be firing him so the nuts couldn’t scream about that.
I agree. That would not only mostly neuter Rosenstein, it would take away the attacks from the left. Also, pull his clearance. That is a privilege not a right.
Makes a lot of sense. But, if he did, to whom would Mueller report?
easier to just tell Sessions to fire Rosie and the Mueller gang
“easier to just tell Sessions to fire Rosie and the Mueller gang”
Easier? Sessions would refuse Trump’s order! Bet on it! Sessions is pure deep state scum.
That would not only mostly neuter Rosenstein
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Maybe, but leaving his around to make mischief is foolish. He needs to be fired.
What on earth does it take these days to fire someone? If there ever was a case for firing a person, Rosenstein is it.
easy to fire Sessions too
easy to fire Sessions too
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Agree, on the basis of incompetence and refusal to do his job.
Agreed.
This is from the NYT article. It raised a big red flag for me and I wonder why no one else is talking about this. IF it is true, what would make Rosenstein think Sessions and Kelly would be persuadable? Or is it just a way to sow discord in the administration?
I can’t find anything on the net about Jeff Sessions reaction to the nyt Rosenstein article. Is he hiding in a bunker somewhere?
Stop inviting him to meetings and including him on white house communications - just ignore him and let him sit in his office.
That is the key question.
First, someone determined to shut down The Witch Hunt needs to be in place to be Mueller’s boss post-Rosenstein.
Then, Rosenstein needs to be excised from involvement one way or another.
Regardless of who might take his place, ROSENWEASEL needs to be purged.
“easy to fire Sessions too”
Yes, it is, but weathering the resulting “$hit Storm” is another matter. Trump is holding his fire until November. No need to give the RATs any ammo at this juncture. But I am betting payback will be a bitch when he does it.
If the RR statements against the President can be independently verified, is it possible to go to court and have a judge order Mueller to cease and desist, to stop the investigation and reverse all action that has taken place?? This is an honest question as I have no knowledge of the law in these particular matters.
He should have recused himself in the first place, since he recommending in writing that Trump fire Comey, which precipitated the whole thing. Does Rosenstein believe himself to have given Trump a bad recommendation then? Or, did Rosenstein give him that recommendation with the express intention of triggering an investigation? Either way, Rosenstein should not now be involved.
I can only assume if Rosenstein were gone the next DS felon in line at DOJ would continue the resistance.
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