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Acting AG Whitaker To Take Authority On Mueller Probe From Rosenstein
Daily Caller ^ | 11-7-2018 | Hanna Bogorowski

Posted on 11/07/2018 2:02:31 PM PST by tcrlaf

The Justice Department stated Wednesday that acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker will overtake supervision of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions Wednesday afternoon and replaced him with Whitaker, Sessions’ chief of staff.

We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the United States. He will serve our Country well….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018

Sessions recused himself from the Russia probe in March 2017, much to President Donald Trump’s chagrin.

This put the Russia probe in Rosenstein’s hands, but after Wednesday’s development, it was unclear who would now supervise the probe with Sessions gone.

“The Acting Attorney General is in charge of all matters under the purview of the Department of Justice,” Sarah Isgur Flores, director of public affairs at the DOJ told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: jeffsessions; lisapage; matthewwhitaker; mattwhitaker; mueller; peterstrzok; probe; robertmueller; rodrosenstein; trump; whittaker; witchhunt
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Well he did let Antifa and Bernie Bros terrorize
Conservatives, and liberal left coast cities kick
ICE to the curb, and Lib Social media ban conservatives
and Soros act like the murderous racketeer he is and
Not enact legal measures to deport millions of illegals from every benighted corner of the earth

An evil man not willful perhaps by inaction when action was needed


41 posted on 11/07/2018 3:02:23 PM PST by Phil DiBasquette
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To: truthkeeper

To hell with Mueller. When do we get the multiple IC’s to investigate the coup attempt and Clinton Crime, Inc.? I bet Shifty McBugeyes has forgotten all of his plans to subpoena Trump and is setting up a go fund me account for his legal fees.


42 posted on 11/07/2018 3:03:39 PM PST by hardspunned
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To: tennmountainman

“Huber was just a scam appointment to take pressure off Sessions so
Sessions would not have to appoint a Special Council.”

Yup. The IG, too.


43 posted on 11/07/2018 3:03:42 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Jeff Sessions IS the insurance policy)
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To: tennmountainman

Yes. Huber isn’t doing anything chess-like. And never has been. Just more bs from the gullible brigade.


44 posted on 11/07/2018 3:05:20 PM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (Huber will saaaaaaave ussss! ....Not.)
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To: tcrlaf

I wonder what the topic of conversation will be tonight around the Rosenstein dinner table.


45 posted on 11/07/2018 3:07:56 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: tcrlaf

Rosenstein goes-enstein.

46 posted on 11/07/2018 3:10:51 PM PST by Songcraft
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To: tcrlaf
Who can read Japanese?

The last syllable of the tattoo inside his left arm is "ki", but I can't read the Kanji.


47 posted on 11/07/2018 3:12:36 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: tcrlaf
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...


48 posted on 11/07/2018 3:13:46 PM PST by LIConFem (I will no longer accept the things I cannot change. it's time to change the things I cannot accept.)
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To: tcrlaf

What will Jeff Sessions talk about on the Sunday shows, his initiative to conserve paper and print toner usage? Mentoring the mail clerk?


49 posted on 11/07/2018 3:15:32 PM PST by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: Starboard

“Sessions recused himself from the Russia probe”

Maybe someday Sessions will explain why he did it without telling Trump beforehand.


50 posted on 11/07/2018 3:26:06 PM PST by cymbeline
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To: eyeamok

I believe Sessions to be an honorable but misguided man. I can see him being persuaded by DOJ officials to a plan, once he was in place as AG, to restore legitimacy to the DOJ/FBI by quietly sweeping rampant anti-Trump personalities (McCabe/Strock et al.) under the rug and return to business as usual in the swamp. But those of us who know the truth of the attempted coup will never view the DOJ/FBI as legitimate. And that is the real casualty of this sordid enterprise; loyal Americans left feeling they can no longer trust their government, for we have become a nation of men and not law.


51 posted on 11/07/2018 3:28:32 PM PST by vigilence (Vigilence)
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To: damper99

The reason the TRUST SESSIONS thing had some believability is that Trump’s a genius and he could’ve fired Sessions 18 months ago with no fallout - Why didn’t he?

- Geniunely Confused


52 posted on 11/07/2018 3:29:35 PM PST by ReaganGeneration2
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To: vigilence
for we have become a nation of men and not law

That sums it up nicely, I don't believe anyone in Government anymore, If I was on a Jury where the FBI was involved, I would ask the Judge in Open Court: How long did it take the FBI to Manufacture and Plant all the supposed evidence?
53 posted on 11/07/2018 3:32:18 PM PST by eyeamok
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To: tcrlaf

Good.


54 posted on 11/07/2018 3:51:47 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (<br>you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.Â)
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To: tcrlaf

Maybe now crooked Hillary and gang will be brought to justice.


55 posted on 11/07/2018 4:24:48 PM PST by Amish with an attitude
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To: Starboard

He should lose his pension for dereliction of duty
Sessions is/was such an epic mistake!!! Who woulda known??


56 posted on 11/07/2018 4:29:43 PM PST by bantam
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To: Electric Graffiti

Absolutely. The IG was a whitewash.


57 posted on 11/07/2018 4:45:56 PM PST by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

No mention of Huber?
...
Nope...hopefully MSM, Dims forget about him until they turn around and get hit with a sledgehammer about 61,000 times.


58 posted on 11/07/2018 5:45:58 PM PST by CincyRichieRich (Pin drop time! Big-name lib swampers go into hiding!)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

I have nothing to offer on Huber. Hopefully someone else will.


59 posted on 11/07/2018 5:56:44 PM PST by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 frm 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
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To: truthkeeper

The new AG needs to charge Rosenweasel and Mueller...etc ASAP, then the Demonrat House cannot subpoena them due to an ongoing criminal investigation.


60 posted on 11/07/2018 6:07:18 PM PST by D Rider
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