We had two Soylentils submit stories about Attorney General Jeff Sessions:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46132348
"US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been fired by President Donald Trump.
[...] Mr Trump said Mr Sessions will be temporarily replaced by his chief of staff, Matthew Whitaker, who has criticised the Russia inquiry.
[...] In a resignation letter, Mr Sessions - a former Alabama senator who was an early supporter of Mr Trump - made clear the decision to go was not his own.
[...] The president cannot directly fire the special counsel, whose investigation Mr Trump has repeatedly decried as a witch hunt. But Mr Sessions' replacement will have the power to fire Mr Mueller or end the inquiry.
[...] Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said he looks forward to 'working with President Trump to find a confirmable, worthy successor so that we can start a new chapter at the Department of Justice'.
Mr Graham, of South Carolina, had said last year there would be 'holy hell to pay' if Mr Sessions was ever fired."
[...] House of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said: "It is impossible to read Attorney General Sessions' firing as anything other than another blatant attempt by President Trump to undermine & end Special Counsel Mueller's investigation."
Jeff Sessions is out. The new Acting Attorney General is Matthew G. Whitaker:
President Donald Trump on Wednesday fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions. "At your request I am submitting my resignation," Sessions wrote in a letter to White House chief of staff John Kelly.
Matthew Whitaker will take over as acting attorney general, the President said. Whitaker is expected to take charge of the Russia investigation and special counsel Robert Mueller from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Whitaker has been openly critical of Mueller and the investigation and Democrats immediately called on him to recuse himself, just as Sessions had.
See also: New acting A.G. criticized Mueller probe several times
What does Jeff Sessions's firing mean for Mueller and the Trump-Russia inquiry?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 08 2018, @04:31PM (2 children)
If you're mad at the clintons then you've been watching the news for as long as 10 years.
Not to say that I wouldn't mind all the crooked politicians to get the jail they deserve. But if the clintons are the standard then we won't have many people left in government.
Bu bu bu the emails!! The rapes!!
Hahahaha yes that is so normal that there is simply no way you pay attention to life. It wasn't like those sort of activities weren't covered in detail when other people did them and got away with it. You just didn't care.
A perfect servant for the real people who matter. They should make medals for you guys.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 08 2018, @05:19PM
And? I fail to see the problem.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 08 2018, @07:59PM
Phoenix666 is full of shit, just another RWNJ pretending to be an ex-Democrat in order to sell their shit. That account has hammered on Clinton non-stop, which is forgivable except he should be calling from Trump and a variety of others to go to jail as well. Up above he praises Trump!!! The POTUS that is lying every other sentence and trying to divide the country completely is getting praise from a supposed Democrat / independent?
What a load of crap