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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWould we really be better off if Sessions is forced to resign?
A replacement wouldn't have a conflict of interest with regard to overseeing Robert Mueller.
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Would we really be better off if Sessions is forced to resign? (Original Post)
pnwmom
Nov 2017
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msongs
(67,395 posts)1. the new one would be subject to obstruction of justice by diddling nt
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)2. Richard Painter said no...that would propel us to a constitutional crisis..that's what TRASH tRUMP
wants...so he can install someone in there to fire Mueller...so Jeffy's must stay ...FOR NOW. But he's fucked too....aren't we having fun again???????????
Kaleva
(36,294 posts)4. Mueller is a civil servant and can't be easily fired
Who ever tries to fire him will have to show cause. A person like Comey served at the pleasure of the president and could be dismissed for any reason. That is not the case with a person like Mueller who has civil service protections
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)3. I still wonder what would happen if Sessions de-recused himself
Kind of like Devin Nunes over in the House.
Seems that what they say and what they do are not always the same, and there are no apparent repercussions for their lies and deceits.
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)5. I can tell you what the Democrats would have to say about that:
"We don't want to get involved. That's too much drama."