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: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Thursday November 08 2018, @03:06PM (10 children)
There were Sessions boosters who insisted he was the "silent assassin" who was gonna finally bring justice to the land in one fell swoop. To everyone else it looked like a guy who preferred to use that nickname as an excuse to skate.
Trump could replace him with a real pit bull, but now that he doesn't have the House anymore he's going to have a tough time using him. Everything he does, whether plainly legal or not, is going to incite another House investigation.
It will all end in tears.
I would like, however, to see amid all that that the Clintons, Lloyd Blankfein, and Jamie Dimon go to jail for the rest of their lives.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 08 2018, @03:55PM
"silent assassin" sounds like someone farted on an elevator
(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
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 08 2018, @05:26PM (5 children)
I don't think there will be a House investigation, at least not a very serious one and nothing more than a bargaining chip to encourage Trump to step up aggression against Iran, China, and Russia. After midterm elections, Democrats call for bipartisan unity with Trump [wsws.org]:
US midterm vote: Democrats win control of House of Representatives [wsws.org]: "Trump reportedly called Pelosi shortly after her victory statement to congratulate her and discuss future relations between the White House and the Democratic-controlled House."
Report Says Russia-gaters Should Go Quietly in the Night [consortiumnews.com]:
(More on the support of the party of the "Deporter-in-Chief" for Trump's immigration crackdown: At White House press conference, Trump calls reporter an “enemy of the people” [wsws.org]. That one also has coverage of Sessions' departure.)
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 08 2018, @05:42PM (3 children)
Called Pelosi? He'd be safer french kissing a rabid bulldog. Or, sodomizing a king cobra. Or, being sodomized by a polar bear. Or, even standing on a street corner in Shitcago.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 08 2018, @07:30PM (2 children)
Yes, yes, yes. Because, as we all know, the one thing Republicans are deathly afraid of it is getting Democrat cooties by even being seen to talk to a Democrat in public. *Sigh* When will this country return to sanity?
(Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Thursday November 08 2018, @07:41PM (1 child)
If you know a path that leads there gracefully we'll all love to hear it :-p
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 09 2018, @02:10AM
I'd suggest lobotomies for Republicans, but clearly someone's beat me to it.
The action, not the suggestion.
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Thursday November 08 2018, @10:28PM
Acosta is the only person in the media who I think is actually an enemy of the people. Acosta was yelling at Kim in the middle of the negotiations because he wanted a soundbite and could have seriously f'd things up.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam