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In Oval Office just now, Trump is asked by reporters: Does it make you more likely to fire Rosenstein? Do you still have confidence in him? "You figure that one out," Trump responded
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I'll try to update as things come out.
MelissaB
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This guy has been dead on everything.
Edited to say that I'm going to start adding new articles/info under this post instead of it being scatter throughout the thread.
MelissaB
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Atty Gen Jeff Sessions went off script at human trafficking event this morn to praise Deputy Atty Gen Rod Rosenstein, a reported target of Nunes memo. Noting Rosenstein has 27 yrs at DOJ, Sessions said Rosenstein represents "the kind of quality & leadership that we want" in DOJ.
MelissaB
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(16,420 posts)Article in post #9.
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,705 posts)They would have said the same thing if the memo had been nothing more than a grocery list. I think this memo will prove to be an exploding cigar.
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)that I'm worried about.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,705 posts)and Coulter and especially Sean Hannity, but he also has lawyers who know firing Rosenstein, Wray or Mueller would be a political and legal disaster for him. Don McGahn stopped him last time and the argument is even stronger this time.
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)PunkinPi
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In Oval Office just now, Trump is asked by reporters: Does it make you more likely to fire Rosenstein? Do you still have confidence in him? "You figure that one out," Trump responded
Vinca
(50,273 posts)Otherwise, he needs to give Dear Leader the middle finger and stay right where he is.
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)Exclusive: Conservative group calls for Rod Rosenstein's head
The Tea Party Patriots, a conservative activist group, is launching an advertising campaign calling on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to "do his job, or resign."
Why this matters: The campaign is modest initially a six-figure spend on digital and TV in Washington D.C. but the attack is a canary in the right-wing coal mine. I expect other conservative groups to follow. Such attacks have outraged many in the Justice Department and the FBI.
Text of ad:
"A weak careerist at the Justice Department. Protecting liberal Obama holdovers and the Deep State, instead of following the rule of law.
"His incompetence and abuse of power have undermined congressional investigations, led to stonewalling and tarnished the credibility of the Department of Justice.
"Time for him to stand up for the rule of law and stand up for the American people.
"Its time for Rod Rosenstein to do his job, or resign."
What we're hearing: A conservative movement leader told me Rosenstein is "becoming a conversation at every conversation gathering."
Another movement leader told me:
"If there's one personality right now who's unifying the movement it's this guy."
In recent days, major figures in the conservative movement have been emailing around this Wall Street Journal column by Kimberley Strassel. The column suggests without explicitly stating so that Rosenstein is part of the left-wing resistance against President Trump:
"The slippery shadow in all this is Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recusal put Mr. Rosenstein in charge of digging into the actionsright or wrongof the Justice Department and FBI in 2016. Instead of taking up that challenge, he named an old and dear friend of the FBI as special counsel, and directed him only to look at Mr. Trump. And Mr. Rosenstein appears to have signed up as an active participant in the effort to thwart any congressional investigation of the other side of the issue."
Link: https://www.axios.com/conservative-group-ad-rod-rosenstein-resign-3cd8aec1-af54-49fa-906e-d30cbf19fd0d.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twsocialshare&utm_campaign=organic
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Been heading that way for a while now.
peggysue2
(10,829 posts)mouthing off in unison: King, Coulter and Tea Party activists. Over a memo on Carter Page, the same Page who had been under surveillance since 2013, who was being actively recruited by the Russians. Nunes and his cohorts fail to mention that telling fact.
I expect a strong, perhaps even a cage-rattling response/leaking from the FBI in the near future. The Trumpster, Nunes and his fellow enablers are simply giving Mueller more ammo for his Obstruction of Justice case. Here's hoping Rosenstein and Wray hold fast and strong--don't resign or quit. Let the Asshole-in-Chief fire you if it comes to that.
Because the whole world is watching and taking notes. You want witnesses? We got witnesses.