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Listening to MSNBC and especially Ari Melber - they seem to be giving Trump too much credit for this move of firing Sessions. They are making Trump look like he thought of this move all by himself.
I don't believe this.
I think someone is researching this out for Trump and is advising him on what move to make and when to make it.
They just said that there was no date on Sessions resignation letter. I'm thinking that this letter was put together a while back and was just waiting and ready for the appropriate time to be used.
The Dems taking the House was a real blow to Trump and the Repugs. Don't let Trump fool you that he's not bothered by this and that he's happy and is patting himself on the back for keeping the Senate for the Repugs. He and the Repugs are spooked.
He and the Repugs are rattled by the Dems winning the House. Trump could not let the news cycle be about the Dems taking the House. He had to make it about himself and be the center of attention.
Hence - pull out Sessions resignation letter today and put the wheels in motion to silence Mueller.
Just when you think we're getting an edge here - Trump and the Repugs pull the rug out from under us. They didn't let us savor in this win for even a 24 hour period.
Just demoralizing. That's all I got to say.
samnsara
(17,615 posts)...and not the losses he suffered last night. He asked for the resign before his crazy presser..then he goes on air for 90 min talking crazy shit and gives sessions time to write up his little letter..then boom right in the middle of chuck schumer.. this gets dumped. So we are no longer talking about the blue wave or the 100 women elected or all the races we won..nope.. NOW we are talking about THIS!
Thekaspervote
(32,750 posts)evidence and the investigation is not going anywhere
kurtcagle
(1,602 posts)Sessions was no surprise. Rosenstein was only a surprise in terms of speed. I expect that Mueller will be working for the House as Special Counsel when the new Congress is seated. There are a whole bunch of sealed indictments at this stage that are out of the control of the DOJ. Moreover, Trump has CLEARLY just conducted obstruction of justice. He's protected, but his family are ALL fair game at this point. The end game is nearly here.
TeamPooka
(24,217 posts)this is obstruction of justice. just like firing Comey.
Now the unraveling will start and this firing will open a whole new door to what we can do in the House starting in January.
he cant stop or wipe out the work Mueller has done.
It will surface again if this new guy fires him and his team.
in the fed district sectors and in the House committees investigating trump.
trump just started the fight we're gonna finish.
pecosbob
(7,534 posts)and their efforts were focused on maintaining a majority in the Senate alongside their capture of the Judiciary. I think the only real surprise is that the blowback hurt the Kochs' agenda as Rs lost seven governorships in key states that they needed to hold. Wisconsin, Michigan and Kansas have all experienced the ruin caused by their dismantling of local government for far too long.
GeorgeGist
(25,317 posts)Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Thatll let you know who gave the order and what precisely was said.