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posted by martyb on Thursday November 08 2018, @10:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the will-no-one-rid-me-of-this-turbulent-priest^W-Attorney-General? dept.

We had two Soylentils submit stories about Attorney General Jeff Sessions:

Trump fires 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."

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Resigns

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.

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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: 2, Insightful) by Sulla on Thursday November 08 2018, @10:15PM (4 children)

    by Sulla (5173) on Thursday November 08 2018, @10:15PM (#759568) Journal

    What the Dems did during the Kavanaugh hearing seemed to really change Senator Graham, he has been out for blood ever since.

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  • (Score: 2) by canopic jug on Friday November 09 2018, @05:12AM (3 children)

    by canopic jug (3949) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 09 2018, @05:12AM (#759722) Journal

    You could not possibly have watched any part of that testimony either with sound or without [cnn.com] and still come to the conclusion that Kavanaugh was fit for any federal position let alone as a judge. The guy clearly has more than just a screw loose. The "Dems" did not do anything "to" anyone but appeared to be acting for the best interest of the nation. I see now why the Republicans got rid of civics classes from the schools decades ago and how they are (mis)using that ignorance. Regardless of party, the politicians are supposed to be about running the country and making it go forward not tearing it apart or engaging in open sedition.

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    • (Score: 1) by Sulla on Friday November 09 2018, @03:25PM

      by Sulla (5173) on Friday November 09 2018, @03:25PM (#759892) Journal

      I watched the entire thing including the parts by Ford. How exactly do you expect a person to ask when they are being wrongly accused of the worst crime in America today? He acted better than Thomas did, and Thomas turned out to be a good judge. Either way he was fucked, and defending himself Thomas style worked where as Bork's style did not.

      Boats in Road Island Guy - admitted he lied
      Taxi car rape girl - admitted she lied
      Avanatti claims - withdrawn

      The democrats sat on claims that they knew were iffy until the last minute and then dragged kav's name through the dirt for a political win. Kav wasnt just fighting for himself but for Bork and Thomas who were also wrongly accused. They would have done the same thing with any other judge the republicans put forward.

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    • (Score: 1) by Sulla on Friday November 09 2018, @03:35PM (1 child)

      by Sulla (5173) on Friday November 09 2018, @03:35PM (#759895) Journal

      Specifically ralated to Graham. Graham was told by Obama that the cost of losing an election was that the executive gets judges of their choice, Graham for the sake of unity worked to block any attempts by the republicans to look too deeply into Kagan or Sotomayor feeling that they should only be looked at based on their judicial record. He followed this up by voting for both, this is a big part of why he turned so far to the right. He realizied that bipartisanism is a scam to get republicans to agree with democrats when its a democrat issue but democrats to block anything thats a republican issue.

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      • (Score: 2) by canopic jug on Saturday November 10 2018, @05:25AM

        by canopic jug (3949) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 10 2018, @05:25AM (#760246) Journal

        He was DQ'd by his junior year of high school. Politics aside, which should be the case since the judges are supposed to be impartial [washingtonpost.com], he demonstrated neither composure nor good judgement. Rather, he not only actively demonstrated the opposite but made it clear that his lack of either was both uncommonly strong and extended back to even his teen years.

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