Posted on 11/07/2018 5:03:17 PM PST by 11th_VA
For nearly as long as FBI special counsel Robert Mueller has been investigating Russian election meddling, activists have been planning mass protests.
Hundreds of protests across the US, organized by MoveOn and other progressive groups, are planned to begin if Trump fires Mueller or deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein, who appointed him. They would also begin if the president prevents the investigation from being “conducted freely,” MoveOn says.
Today, those fears may have been realized when Trump asked attorney general Jeff Sessions for his resignation. Sessions, who had recused himself from the investigation, will be replaced by Matt Whitaker, a former US Attorney who has opposed the Russia investigation from the start. Whitaker is reportedly taking control of the probe from Rosenstein.
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Is Whitaker someone we’d want to have the job permanently?
To late beotchs! Rosenstein is gone!
Let the sons of bitches protest, read riot. That is what fire hoses, police dogs, and billy clubs are made for. Failing that, hot lead.
Whitaker is in a position to roll up a conspiracy to take down the Trump presidency. Rosenstein, Mueller & Co should be very nervous about now...
Maybe. He apparently once said that Hillary belongs in jail.
Reports coming out now that Rosenstein is resigning in next 24 hours
“I noted he was appointed under the Federal Vacancies Act earlier this evening.”
There you go. I’d been telling people for months that Trump could use this vacancies act to replace Sessions any time that he chose to. That Trump wasn’t being held hostage by Senate threats to refuse to approve a new AG.
My suspicion is that Trump and Sessions had this planned out for a very long time. Sun Tzu misdirection.
I never bought the idea that Trump would be willing to let the DOJ founder rudderless, which is a necessary corollary of the ever popular “Sessions is asleep”, etc.
Sessions stepping down leaves the DOJ in the hands of someone not covered by recusal, and takes the Mueller investigation away from Rosenstein. If it’s what I think it is, prosecution of the conspirators is about to begin.
Start the protests.
Chief White House correspondent for OAN News Emerald Robinson reports ‘Rod Rosenstein will resign within 48 hours.’ Here’s the Tweet: https://twitter.com/EmeraldRobinson/status/1060273029056524288 Note: There is nothing on Twitter or the interwebs confirming this, outside of the statement
Has Comey done any more tweeting today?
The President simply played it smart by doing it after the election....Doing it before would give the Dems an edge.
Ahh, your post brought to mind the Root Boy Slim classic, “ I Used To Be A Radical”
Sadly, the 4th Reich may not be too far behind in this country!
“Doing it before would give the Dems an edge.”
Probably so. Doing this before the election would have been a needless distraction. There’s no reason to do it until prosecutions are imminent. I think that will start soon. Maybe we will get to see FISA applications and other tasty items to prep us all for what’s to come.
Maybe they’ll hold their breath ‘til they turn blue.
actually yes, the left does indeed use some pretty dangerous terrorist type tactics against us
agreed!
I say indict or fire Rosenstein and let them go nuts; more Democrats to #walkaway. And President Trump should say “We welcome you, former Democrats who walk away from the radical mob.”
Then it is a great reason to do it!
Let them protest. Even better, let them riot. We can shoot rioters!!
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