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tgards79

(1,415 posts) Sun Mar 5, 2017, 06:30 PM Mar 2017

Current chain of command at DOJ after Sessions?

Has a permanent #2 and Solicitor General (#3) been appointed yet? In the absence of Sessions on all Russia/Trump campaign matters, who is running the DOJ? Who, officially, is Comey asking to speak out on the Obama wiretap issue?

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Current chain of command at DOJ after Sessions? (Original Post) tgards79 Mar 2017 OP

#2 - nope , AG - nope ( both current acting) and pkdu Mar 2017 #1

OK thanks.... tgards79 Mar 2017 #2

He is , here is a profile pkdu Mar 2017 #3

Thanks.... tgards79 Mar 2017 #4

Interesting para in the NYT article pkdu Mar 2017 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #5

Deputy Attorney General, Dana J. Boente frazzled Mar 2017 #6

I thought that was an interesting detail myself. n/t ms liberty Mar 2017 #8

pkdu

(3,977 posts)

1. #2 - nope , AG - nope ( both current acting) and

Reply to tgards79 (Original post)

Sun Mar 5, 2017, 06:34 PM

Mar 2017

Dana Boente took over from Sally Yates when she was fired - he would be the one in charge of Russia/Trump matters right now I believe

tgards79

(1,415 posts)

2. OK thanks....

Reply to pkdu (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 5, 2017, 06:34 PM

Mar 2017

...is he a holdover from Obama?

pkdu

(3,977 posts)

3. He is , here is a profile

Reply to tgards79 (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 5, 2017, 06:37 PM

Mar 2017

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/1/30/1627749/-Who-is-Dana-Boente

tgards79

(1,415 posts)

4. Thanks....

Reply to pkdu (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 5, 2017, 06:38 PM

Mar 2017

I wonder if he is still deciding on Comey's request.

pkdu

(3,977 posts)

7. Interesting para in the NYT article

Reply to tgards79 (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 5, 2017, 06:56 PM

Mar 2017

It is not clear why Mr. Comey did not issue the statement himself. He is the most senior law enforcement official who was kept on the job as the Obama administration gave way to the Trump administration. And while the Justice Department applies for intelligence-gathering warrants, the F.B.I. keeps its own set of records and is in position to know whether Mr. Trump’s claims are true. While intelligence officials do not normally discuss the existence or nonexistence of surveillance warrants, no law prevents Mr. Comey from issuing the statement.

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frazzled

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6. Deputy Attorney General, Dana J. Boente

Reply to tgards79 (Original post)

Sun Mar 5, 2017, 06:39 PM

Mar 2017

He replaced Sally Yates when Trump fired her. You do the math.

With Mr. Sessions’s recusal, any Justice Department investigation would be overseen by the deputy attorney general. Dana J. Boente is currently serving in an acting capacity from his role as the chief federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia. A Senate hearing is scheduled for Tuesday for the nomination of Rod J. Rosenstein as deputy attorney general; he would oversee the issue if he is confirmed, and his hearing is now likely to be dominated by questions about the Russia issue.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/us/politics/jeff-sessions-russia-trump-investigation-democrats.html?_r=0

ms liberty

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8. I thought that was an interesting detail myself. n/t

Reply to frazzled (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 5, 2017, 08:16 PM

Mar 2017

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