Yup. It was back around Nov. 2017. The heat was being turned up for an SC.
So out they wheel John Huber.
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 ...
Yup. It was back around Nov. 2017. The heat was being turned up for an SC.
So out they wheel John Huber.
I spent time with Matt at the University of Iowa. I hope is able to do what is right in the face of enormous pressure and throws that wicked witch Hillary Clinton in jail for her crimes against this country. I will be praying for him!
Now THERE is a portrait of do-nothing low-energy in the flesh.
That picture presents quite a contrast with the timid, meek, mild “Granny from Beverley Hillbillies” persona that Sessions had at DOJ.
I’m I reading this correctly? Rosenthein out? Awesome! Gillebrand and company out, Sessions out, Acosta out, Rosenthein out. POTUS is kicking ass.
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