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kentuck

(111,052 posts)
Wed May 23, 2018, 05:22 PM May 2018

Rod Rosenstein and Christopher Wray are getting a letter from Schumer and Pelosi:

Schumer tweeted earlier:

"Today @NancyPelosi & I will be sending a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein & FBI Director Wray later today to request they reconsider holding a meeting at all, and if they do move forward, to do so in a bipartisan fashion, with the Gang of 8."

What do they do when they receive it?

Should get very interesting. Can someone shake Mitch McConnell and wake him up ??

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Rod Rosenstein and Christopher Wray are getting a letter from Schumer and Pelosi: (Original Post) kentuck May 2018 OP
They should state, "We DEMAND IT!" nt Ilsa May 2018 #1
We hereby demand it .... OnDoutside May 2018 #5
+1 flibbitygiblets May 2018 #9
+2!!!!!!!!!!!!! bluestarone May 2018 #27
They all should show up and let Capitol Police arrest then live on TV. boston bean May 2018 #2
Pelosi and Schumer are not going to do a sit in vlyons May 2018 #4
lolol tHEY SURE WOULD... pangaia May 2018 #14
McConnell is not asleep vlyons May 2018 #3
Him and Cheney tazkcmo May 2018 #7
He's celebrating World Turtle Day! The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #10
Get thee to the greatest page malaise May 2018 #6
Wish it were a demand MontanaMama May 2018 #8
How respectful. jalan48 May 2018 #11
why cant he invite them as his guests? samnsara May 2018 #12
a "sternly worded letter" orangecrush May 2018 #13
three lashes with a wet noodle..... ollie10 May 2018 #16
Took a week in the news to react? Nt Laura PourMeADrink May 2018 #18
There is something a bit contradictory here ollie10 May 2018 #15
No offense but it's about effin time Laura PourMeADrink May 2018 #17
I suspect this is a rather bucolic_frolic May 2018 #19
Will it be strongly worded? superpatriotman May 2018 #20
Reads totally wrong to me. KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #21
Rosenstein expects to be fired with his very next move... kentuck May 2018 #22
Kentuck, how would he be protected by the Senate? KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #25
Just as they have been trying to get McConnell to have a vote to protect Mueller... kentuck May 2018 #26
So, would this be in the form of a Senate resolution? KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #28
McConnell is shopping for a new set Eyeball_Kid May 2018 #23
Hope Rachel has one of them on tonight. Amaryllis May 2018 #24
Rod Rosenstein and Christopher Wray are conservative Republicans oberliner May 2018 #29

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
3. McConnell is not asleep
Wed May 23, 2018, 05:26 PM
May 2018

He is in his room in Hell devising ways to stay in power, and hide the truth about the money that he took from criminal Russian oligarchs.

 

ollie10

(2,091 posts)
16. three lashes with a wet noodle.....
Wed May 23, 2018, 07:04 PM
May 2018

....where the hell is the spine in Congress?

Trump is understandable....he wants to preserve his power. Congress has no spine. They are refusing to stand up to this and this makes them enablers

 

ollie10

(2,091 posts)
15. There is something a bit contradictory here
Wed May 23, 2018, 07:02 PM
May 2018

They are saying the meeting shouldn't happen.

But they want to be in the meeting.

Better to protest the meeting with a sit in or something than to validate it by wanting to be there!

bucolic_frolic

(43,058 posts)
19. I suspect this is a rather
Wed May 23, 2018, 07:22 PM
May 2018

vociferous letter since it's not being made public.

The thought has crossed my mind that they are to some extent humoring Trump, stringing him along, because they have a good idea where this is all headed. IOW from the get-go it's been a sting operation. But I'll believe it if and when we see any substantive results.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
21. Reads totally wrong to me.
Wed May 23, 2018, 07:36 PM
May 2018

This seems to force Justice personnel into a political decision and it should not be placed in that position. Congress should uphold the tradition of conducting any investigation in a bipartisan manner and those trying to violate those norms should be censored.

That said, and if I'm correct, the Justice Dept. personnel would be entirely within their duty to refuse this request from Nunes. Perhaps that is what Nancy is trying to suggest.

Of course in this bizarro world of Repug control, all norms, rules and laws are subject to their daily whims.

...... .........

kentuck

(111,052 posts)
22. Rosenstein expects to be fired with his very next move...
Wed May 23, 2018, 07:38 PM
May 2018

If he declines to give information tomorrow, unless he is protected by the Senate, he will be fired.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
25. Kentuck, how would he be protected by the Senate?
Wed May 23, 2018, 08:36 PM
May 2018

Looks more like a constitutional crisis in the making every day.....

...TIA

kentuck

(111,052 posts)
26. Just as they have been trying to get McConnell to have a vote to protect Mueller...
Wed May 23, 2018, 08:42 PM
May 2018

....but McConnell keeps saying there is no need for it.

Rosenstein is Mueller's boss. Republicans need to tell Trump not to fire him.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
28. So, would this be in the form of a Senate resolution?
Thu May 24, 2018, 06:49 AM
May 2018

Just trying to understand the formalities and traditions as to how this normally proceeds, although these are not normal times by any means.

I have no doubt the majority of Americans want this investigation to proceed and without hindrance from tRump and his minions. However, I fear that McConnell always follows Reagun's 11th commandment and will never throw negative light on any Republican, no matter how evil they are.

......

Eyeball_Kid

(7,429 posts)
23. McConnell is shopping for a new set
Wed May 23, 2018, 08:12 PM
May 2018

of knee pads. He keeps wearing them out, along with his neck brace.

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