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shayes51

(1,105 posts) Sat Feb 10, 2018, 10:40 AM Feb 2018

Rachel Brands new job is suspicious.

I wonder what role the Trump administration played in this timely offer???

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Rachel Brands new job is suspicious. (Original Post) shayes51 Feb 2018 OP

I don't think so. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2018 #1

Looking at news from 2016, the Waltons were supposed to be backing Hillary, would this OnDoutside Feb 2018 #3

I had that thought. we can do it Feb 2018 #2

RB shorten the timeline by 1-2 weeks of a process NCjack Feb 2018 #4

Sometimes a job offer is just a job offer genxlib Feb 2018 #5

I wondered this too Bradshaw3 Feb 2018 #6

Ferrets are Cool

(21,110 posts)

1. I don't think so.

Reply to shayes51 (Original post)

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 10:43 AM

Feb 2018

She just was smart enough to get out before the Saturday night massacre.
But not smart enough to NOT take the job.
That job at WallyWorld will be a breath of fresh air to her considering that she has been working around a cesspool.

OnDoutside

(19,972 posts)

3. Looking at news from 2016, the Waltons were supposed to be backing Hillary, would this

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 11:00 AM

Feb 2018

Have changed, considering Trump has made them even richer ?

The obvious implication is that they offered Brand a bucket full of cash to get her out of the DOJ, paving the way for Trump to fire Rosenstein, killing the investigation, keeping Trump in power, thus protecting their tax gift. The issue with that is wouldn't that potentially be obstruction of justice too ?

we can do it

(12,196 posts)

2. I had that thought.

Reply to shayes51 (Original post)

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 10:48 AM

Feb 2018

NCjack

(10,279 posts)

4. RB shorten the timeline by 1-2 weeks of a process

Reply to shayes51 (Original post)

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 11:37 AM

Feb 2018

that is going to happen. No reason to blast her for avoiding the personal pain of being fired by Donnie "the chin" (leader of the GOP mafia). I suspect that an expediter from the WH explained her options (costs/benefits).

genxlib

(5,536 posts)

5. Sometimes a job offer is just a job offer

Reply to shayes51 (Original post)

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 12:01 PM

Feb 2018

She probably gets them all the time.

It it has to be fucking miserable to work in this administration. When the job offer came to head one of the biggest corporate legal teams in the World, it might have just been a tipping point.

We might prefer that she stay and fight but that is easier for us to say. I would not want to be there.

Besides, I doubt very seriously the road to Mueller would go through her. There seems to be this assumption that firing Rosenstein would let the job fall to her replacement.

I actually doubt that Trump will fire Mueller. But if he wanted to, there is an easier path. Replace Sessions and let his replacement do the dirty work. The only reason Rosenstein is in this position now is that Sessions his recused. His replacement wouldn't be.

Bradshaw3

(7,529 posts)

6. I wondered this too

Reply to shayes51 (Original post)

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 12:07 PM

Feb 2018

Wasn't Wal-Mart one of the first corporations to make a big deal out of raises and bonuses right after the tax cut? (Of course they didn't highlight their layoffs). Was that big announcement so soon after just a coincidence, or coordinated?

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