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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,036 posts)
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 09:23 PM Jun 2018

Sessions defends firing Comey, warns DOJ report could prompt more terminations

Source: The Hill

On the eve of the release of a potentially explosive new report, Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended the termination of the FBI’s top two former executives and warned that the forthcoming report on the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton probe could result in more people being fired.

In an exclusive interview with The Hill’s new TV show "Rising," set to air Thursday morning, Sessions defended the decision to fire ex-Director James Comey, who he said “made a big mistake” that belied a “serious breach of discipline.”

Sessions also made clear that he is open to firing more employees if the Justice Department inspector general’s soon-to-be-released report warrants it.

“I think it will be a lengthy report and a careful report,” he told "Rising" co-host Buck Sexton. “I think it will help us better fix any problems that we have and reassure the American people that some of the concerns that have been raised are not true.”


Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/392189-sessions-defends-firing-comey-warns-doj-report-could-prompt-more-terminations



The purge begins.
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Sessions defends firing Comey, warns DOJ report could prompt more terminations (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2018 OP
whoa lunasun Jun 2018 #1
Yes it's a purge to prevent further internal investigations of Trump and minions bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #2
And the report is all going to be about videohead5 Jun 2018 #3
"....and reassure the American people.... SergeStorms Jun 2018 #4
Sure thing, Comey was fired because trump thought he shouldn't have announced reopening of Clinton Hoyt Jun 2018 #5
it just keeps getting scarier around here barbtries Jun 2018 #6
YUP. Purge in the State Department also.. pangaia Jun 2018 #7

bucolic_frolic

(43,190 posts)
2. Yes it's a purge to prevent further internal investigations of Trump and minions
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 09:28 PM
Jun 2018

This is a cleansing and a sterility and a dogma, all rolled into one

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
4. "....and reassure the American people....
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 09:46 PM
Jun 2018

...that some of the concerns that have been raised are not true.”

Gee, what "concerns" would those be, Mr. Keebler Elf? The "concerns" raised by the Orange Howling Monkey in the White House?

Fucking fascists.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
5. Sure thing, Comey was fired because trump thought he shouldn't have announced reopening of Clinton
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 09:46 PM
Jun 2018

email investigation just before election. I was going to say they must think we are fools, but close to 50% will believe it or don’t care.

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