CrazyDayDuck said:
drcrinum said:
CrazyDayDuck said:
whatthehey78 said:
He also stated he wants AG Sessions to quit being a "spectator" and "do his job".
Appointing Jeff Sessions to AG has been President Trump's biggest mistake.
Did you notice the report today that Sessions has ordered the investigation of Uranium One to be re-opened?
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/21/report-jeff-sessions-orders-doj-re-examine-evidence-uranium-one-investigation/
I've been critical of Sessions too, but let's wait until after the full OIG Report is released in mid January. If the hammer doesn't fall then...
1) Sessions did not have to recuse himself. He was intimidated by Al Franken of all people.
Actually Sessions did have to recuse himself. It is unethical for someone to head up an investigation into an organization of which he was a member. The investigation was into the Trump campaign and transition and Sessions was a member of that group. You can't investigate yourself.
In other news,
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/366116-fbi-deputy-confirmed-to-congress-that-comey-told-him-about-trumpDeputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe is backing up James Comey's claims that President Donald Trump demanded his loyalty, according to multiple sources. McCabe is one of the people that Comey talked ot after his meetings with Trump. Comey's notes and conversations at that time, backed up by those he talked to, are admissable as evidence.
In other news,
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/12/20/white-house-counsel-knew-in-january-flynn-probably-violated-the-law/White House Counsel Knew in January Flynn Probably Violated the Law
TWhite House turned over records this fall to special counsel Robert Mueller revealing that in the very first days of the Trump presidency, Don McGahn researched federal law dealing both with lying to federal investigators and with violations of the Logan Act, a centuries-old federal law that prohibits private citizens from negotiating with foreign governments, according to three people with direct knowledge of the confidential government documents.
The records reflected concerns that McGahn, the White House counsel, had that Michael Flynn, then the president's national security advisor, had possibly violated either one or both laws at the time, according to two of the sources. The disclosure that these records exist and that they are in the possession of the special counsel could bolster any potential obstruction of justice case against President Donald Trump.
What's all this mean? Meuller may now have direct evidence that Trump knew Flynn was guilty of lying to the FBI before he asked Comey to go easy on him and then fired Comey for refusing to do so. If this chain of events proves to be accurate, then Trump is guilty of obstruction of justice. Not that it would matter unless Congress actually cared, but the idea that it was legal for Trump to fire Comey for any reason at all is false. He can fire him for any reason except an illegal one and stopping an investigation into himself and others is illegal.