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TheBlackAdder

(28,208 posts)
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:02 PM Jun 2018

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Republicans plan on 'firing' Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein 'on Friday'

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Could this be true?


Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) on Tuesday asserted in a congressional hearing that Republicans have a plan to oust Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein “on Friday” of this week.

During a hearing about the Department of Justice Inspector General’s report on the FBI bias during the 2016 campaign, Lee interrupted a line of questioning from Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio.

“Is it not appropriate to ask the question as to what is the germaneness of the gentleman’s line of questioning and whether or not we’re dealing with the report or we’re dealing with the Republicans’ attempt to undermine [the Russia investigation] and to fire Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein, which you are planning to do on Friday?” Lee asked.
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Republicans in Congress, however, do not have the power to fire Rosenstein. According to Justice Department rules, the president would have to ask Attorney General Jeff Sessions to fire the deputy attorney general. Trump would have the right to fire Sessions if he refused the order.


UPDATE: Add video URL


https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/rep-sheila-jackson-lee-republicans-plan-firing-deputy-ag-rod-rosenstein-friday/


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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Republicans plan on 'firing' Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein 'on Friday' (Original Post) TheBlackAdder Jun 2018 OP
We better put our spurs on. Crutchez_CuiBono Jun 2018 #1
doesn't work that way... Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #7
OK Crutchez_CuiBono Jun 2018 #9
Look up watergate..and this is much more complicated. He can't talk either Dems or GOP's. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #10
I remember Watergate personally and lived through it everyday. Crutchez_CuiBono Jun 2018 #11
Ahh, it's Tuesday. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2018 #2
Yeah, but it's plausible. After all, traitors gotta traitor. TheBlackAdder Jun 2018 #6
I hope that Sheila is wrong Gothmog Jun 2018 #3
Congress doesn't have the authority to fire Rosenstein. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #4
Technically congress could impeach him, but possibly Sheila Jackson may have heard republican still_one Jun 2018 #5
So many lines in the sand ProudLib72 Jun 2018 #8
I've seen no change in the rally instructions. If Twitler fires Rosenstein or Mueller, is news Mc Mike Jun 2018 #12
I've been hearing that Rosenstein and/or Mueller will be fired NewJeffCT Jun 2018 #13

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
1. We better put our spurs on.
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:05 PM
Jun 2018

Looks like Friday is Waterloo. I swear to gods if mueller doesn't do something substantial by then, maybe it's time to ask a D to find out the progress. Or Adam Schiff or Swalwell needs to let us in on the goings on. WTF? Nunes knows....why shouldn't we? It's time to shit or get off the pot Mr Mueller. I hope you really got this. Beginning to wonder just how much evidence you need, to get even ONE charge going, for the horses ass in chief and his kids. People are most likely going to get hurt, we have a right to know whats up. 17 months is far long enough. This isn't a Nixon case. The evidence has been on the news everyday. A lawschool student could've made a case by now.
Please....let's put something on the table...THE ENTIRE WORLD AWAITS.
ps...has anyone even seen Mueller?

Demsrule86

(68,586 posts)
7. doesn't work that way...
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 08:40 PM
Jun 2018

The GOP has to impeach Rosenstein...can't fire him. And the Senate would not go for it.

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
11. I remember Watergate personally and lived through it everyday.
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 08:29 AM
Jun 2018

Mueller has an army of help. We need relief. He has to have a mountain of charges, how's about one to start out with so we can see how the other side has planned to react? I'm concerned we are putting all our eggs in one basket and if dt is any indication....things we thought were rock solid...Aren't. I just disagree I guess.
Watergate was an easier case, but, this country is fracturing. How are YOU so sure Mueller is going to have the goods on him? And moreover, once the country is essentially destroyed and the coffers empty, what is there to save? And how much time will the next admin take to fix everything instead of moving the ball forward? I dunno.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,733 posts)
4. Congress doesn't have the authority to fire Rosenstein.
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:29 PM
Jun 2018

I don't know what this comment means, but Congress isn't going to "fire" Rosenstein on Friday. He's the deputy AG, a member of the executive branch, and Congress can't just oust him. They can try to impeach him, but as we know that's a long, complex process that would require a vote by the House and 2/3 of the Senate and is not likely to be successful. The only executive branch official (besides two presidents) ever impeached was Secretary of War William Belknap, who was acquitted in 1876.

still_one

(92,219 posts)
5. Technically congress could impeach him, but possibly Sheila Jackson may have heard republican
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 06:37 PM
Jun 2018

scuttle in congress how they heard trump will be firing him.

On what grounds? It would be a flagrant abuse of power for sure, it is almost certain that the republicans wouldn't do or say a thing about it.

The only thing that can save the republic is 2018


Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
12. I've seen no change in the rally instructions. If Twitler fires Rosenstein or Mueller, is news
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:39 AM
Jun 2018

before 2 pm., the action starts at 5, predetermined rallying points. If news comes after 2, the action is at noon, the next day.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
13. I've been hearing that Rosenstein and/or Mueller will be fired
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:43 AM
Jun 2018

just about every two weeks for months now.

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