Now that Donald Trump has Won

Trump doesn’t need to fire Mueller. All he needs to do is fire Jeff Sessions or have him resign as AG. Remember, the only reason we have Mueller in the first place is because Jeff Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigations. If Sessions is gone, then the new AG, whomever that is, would be in charge of the Russian investigation.

According to the NYT sound bite if he knew he was going to recuse himself then he wouldn’t of gotten it in the first place.

Yes, this could be Trump trying to get Sessions to resign, but Sessions has already released a statement saying he won’t. Politically, it would be much easier for Trump to fire Sessions than Mueller, but the end result is nearly the same.

And Mueller is investigating Trump’s personal finances now.

This is not true.

How is this not true?

Trump wants Mueller gone, or at least the Russian investigation stopped or neutered. He can order Rod Rosenstein to fire Mueller, and suffer the political shit storm that generates, or if Sessions is gone, he can appoint a new AG who wouldn’t have to recuse him/herself and would be in charge of the Russia investigation AND oversee Mueller. Much easier to exert influence over the investigation that way.

Except the Senate would extract a concession that any new AG would have to recuse himself from the investigation and let Mueller handle it.

Would they? If the new AG didn’t have any conflicts of interest, do we really think that the Republicans in the Senate, who are already letting Trump do whatever he wants, require that? And even if they did extract a concession, is it legally enforceable?

What’s to stop the new AG from saying that he or she would recuse himself or herself, but then not do it? Didn’t Sessions promise to do the exact same thing and then was involved in the decision to fire James Comey?

He would be grilled over how he would deal with Mueller. You’d be surprised, united Democrats and the few foreign policy anti-russia hacks are enough to sink someone, remember Sessions won on a tie breaker without his meetings exposed and with the good will of being a senator.

Sure, but once someone is confirmed, the Senate can’t do jack shit. What’s to stop someone from getting up there, raising his or her right hand, saying all the right and correct things, and then doing whatever he or she wants once AG?

Again, Jeff Sessions said he was recusing himself over all Russian related matters, but then was involved in Comey’s firing, which, Trump himself admitted, was because of Russia. Did the Senate suddenly revoke Session’s confirmation? Did they decide to impeach him? No, they didn’t do anything.

That would require someone with a legal background, yet willing to be a Trump stooge, however not being so obvious about that they’d survive the confirmation hearing.

You mean someone just like… Jeff Sessions?

How many GOP Senators or members of the House are there that support Trump, went to law school, and can dissemble when testifying before Congress?

I don’t think finding someone who fits those qualifications is quite as hard as you make it out to be.

Every Senator confirmed to the Cabinet is one less Republican Senator in the Senate. It could also open up a special election that the Democrats could win. Right now that could cost the majority in the Senate.
It makes thing harder for the GOP in the Senate, which they won’t appreciate.

Trump could go oustside the Senate, but everyone he seems to know has that air of: “Are you fucking serious?!”

“Hi, I am Ivan Notrussian. I am Comrade… Er… President Trump’s new AG nominee.”

I still don’t think it would be as hard as you’re making it out to be. And not that this really means anything, but according to Wikipedia, 168 members of the House, and 57 Senators listed “law” as their occupational background. Unfortunately, it doesn’t break them down by party.

Spicer gone. I like this take on it:

Nobody has been more slavishly loyal to Trump than Attorney General Jeff Sessions, one of his earliest supporters in the Senate; now Trump is publicly savaging him. Trump is likewise disparaging Rod J. Rosenstein, the man he appointed to be the No. 2 at the Justice Department, as well as the special counsel that Rosenstein appointed. Trump has publicly contradicted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson twice (on Qatar and Russia sanctions) and has denied Tillerson even the dignity of staffing his own agency. Trump accepted Chris Christie’s over-the-top support during the campaign then cast him aside.

He demands loyalty but offers little. Bodies, meritorious and otherwise, pile up: James Comey, Preet Bharara, Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Corey Lewandowski, Carter Page, Mike Dubke, Monica Crowley, Mark Corallo, Marc Kasowitz and, now, Spicer.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sean-spicer-is-the-latest-trump-casualty-he-wont-be-the-last/2017/07/21/06dfbf72-6e54-11e7-b9e2-2056e768a7e5_story.html?utm_term=.3b8497921f7c

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That’s…not a good leak. Unless Kislyak was reporting back just over regular phones or unencrypted email, that tells pretty much everybody(and specifically, the Russians) what comms the US can intercept, and are actively intercepting.

On top of that, considering that it’s coming from sources both official and unofficial, what’s the over under that the current serving officials leaked first, and they went to ex-officials to confirm? Because if so, there’s a strong possibility that it’s a directed leak, which means that the administration is actively sabotaging the AG to build a better case for his removal and replacement.

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