Two Months ago - Trump Political Protection Plan Replace Jeff Sessions with Robert Mueller saboteur

[Roland99]

Trump Political Protection Plan: Replace Jeff Sessions with a Robert Mueller saboteur.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/16/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-mueller-russia-matthew-whitaker-partisan-column/1641682002/

While we were all watching the Rosenstein crisis unfold, Trump was laying the groundwork for the biggest assault yet on the Mueller investigation: he aims to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions with a little-known political ally — Sessions’ chief of staff, Matthew Whitaker. The Washington Post reported that Trump had talked to Whitaker himself about the job, and Trump did not deny it. "Well, I never talk about that, but I can tell you Matt Whitaker's a great guy. I mean, I know Matt Whitaker. But I never talk about conversations that I had," he said on Fox and Friends.

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Whitaker would serve the president, not justice
Make no mistake — a Whitaker Justice Department would be a Trump Political Protection Plan. His record as a Republican operative and even in his time at the Justice Department make it clear, Whitaker would be the president’s willing choice to oversee and sabotage the special counsel’s investigation to the president’s liking.

Don’t take my word for it — just listen to Matt Whitaker himself. He’s been against the Mueller investigation from day one, and even offered up ways the investigation might be kneecapped from within. In an op-ed, Whitaker argued that calls to appoint a special counsel to investigate Russia’s attacks were “craven attempts to score cheap political points.” In an interview on CNN last year, Whitaker said, “I could see a scenario where Jeff Sessions is replaced with a recess appointment and that attorney general doesn't fire Bob Mueller but he just reduces his budget so low that his investigations grinds to almost a halt.”

Unlike Rosenstein, a Republican but a career law enforcement official with top-shelf professional credentials, Whitaker’s path has always been political — and partisan. He had a short tenure as a Bush-appointed U.S. attorney during which he was accused of having pursued a charge of extortion against an Iowa state senator for political purposes; In 2007, Des Moines Democrat Matt McCoy was found not guilty in just under two hours of forcing a business partner to pay him $2,000. More than 90 percent of federal court cases result in a conviction; Whitaker’s swift and stunning failure in his most high-profile prosecution underscored that the charge was unsubstantiated and driven by partisanship.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Oh shit.

Whitaker is bad, bad news.

[Roland99]

2. And Kavanaugh now on the SCOTUS

stacking the deck against justice!

[lark]

3. So I believe this answers my earlier question.

Whitaker will fire Mueller almost immediately, maybe even today, will seize all the materials and have them destroyed and write a fake report saying there is no evidence of any crimes by drumpf or administration. I just hope Mueller has saved all those to a drive that Whittaker can't access and that one of his staff leaks this to the media. Unlikely, but this is a constitutional crisis and if this isn't done, our country certainly is finished as a constitutional democracy of laws.

[hedda_foil]

4. I hope Mueller's report is published like the Pentagon Papers.

[GoCubsGo]

5. Mueller has almost certainly sent copies to various people.

Including the office of the New York Attorney General. I understand that Barbara Underwood's successor is an even tougher hard-ass than Underwood. Probably sent stuff to the AGs in New Jersey, Illinois, and other places where Porcini Penis has properties. No telling how much of it will get leaked before they can get a hold of it, too.

[GoCubsGo]

6. Also, the House can subpoena anything Mueller has.

And, I suspect that will be their first act in January, regardless of what happens to Mueller.

[lark]

7. But if the acting AG has all the evidence destroyed, how can it be subpoenaed?

Would you be one bit shocked if they are already in there shredding everything? I certainly wouldn't.

[GoCubsGo]

8. You don't think Mueller has distributed multiple copies of his evidence far and wide?

He already passed on tons of stuff to Barbara Underwood in the NY AG's office. Not to mention that he most likely has been given tons of evidence from foreign sources, who also have copies, and will happily provide them to Adam Schiff. All the evidence won't be destroyed.