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AG Sessions asks remaining 46 US attorneys to resign [W:176]

Re: AG Sessions asks remaining 46 US attorneys to resign

JumpinJack said:
He committed perjury. He won't be charged, though. The Repubs need their tax reform bill passed before feathers will be ruffled or the sanctity of an oath before Congress is upheld. But he might have to resign sooner or later. The AG of the United States of America has lied under oath to Congress. Think about it.

He also had communications with the Russians during the Trump campaign, like others in the Trump team.
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RU Serious?

When people lie under oath, the Democrat party members' main recreation activity, they need to resign? Why was Clinton still in office when impaeachment proceedings started?

Sessions clumsily answered what he thought might be a question contained in a speech by Franken assuming that it was about a topic contained therein.

In passing, does anyone else look at Franken and assume he's recently returned from a 3 day drunk somewhere?
 
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Harry Guerrilla said:
For it to have returned, it had to have left.
Its normal and happens when there is a new administration.
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Just to put this perspective, the Spoils System refers to those who gain the jobs, not to those who lost the jobs.
 
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reinoe said:
The DNC base will be torn asunder when illegals aren't allowed to vote and the dead can't show up at voting booths.
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But Zombies have been voting Democrat since Bob Hope's day!
 
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Beaudreaux said:
Anyone, other than me and HG, care to check to verify that this is what normally happens? Some of them will be reappointed, and some will be allowed to find alternate employment.

The hyper-partisan hysteria that erupts over every action taken by this administration is disheartening, to say the very least.
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Well, to be fair, the Dems have already lit their hair on fire.

They need to be shrieking about something.
 
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Sherman123 said:
US Attorneys are political appointees and usually are the result of the 'spoils system'. They are almost always political animals. This is routine practice and the confusion stems from most people not realizing that USA's sit in a political position.

It's the AUSA's who are the machinery of the Justice Department. When you start messing with them that's when you should get concerned and outraged.
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The cogs in the machine run by Holder and Lynch were the components that promoted the favoritism treatment of various groups and the selective enforcement of law.

It's hard to endorse the preservation of the positions of these acolytes.
 
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Mac77 said:
Sure trump is an amature

And good for him

The last threee professionals were complete failures and I'm confident trump can do better
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I feel the last two were severely damaging to our republic by almost any measure.

Clinton was a sex hound and there's not doubt about that.

However, he did what was needed at the time. He was the Eisenhower of the 90's.
 
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JumpinJack said:
He committed perjury. He won't be charged, though. The Repubs need their tax reform bill passed before feathers will be ruffled or the sanctity of an oath before Congress is upheld. But he might have to resign sooner or later. The AG of the United States of America has lied under oath to Congress. Think about it.

He also had communications with the Russians during the Trump campaign, like others in the Trump team.
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You need to pick up a law book or two and learn what perjury is. Sessions answered honestly the question asked by that retard senator in the context it was given.
 
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code1211 said:
Please recall that the AAG's left over from the Obama Administration are working against the Trump Administration.

Under Obama they only enforced half of the laws.

Now their job description has effectively doubled as they will be forced to enforce ALL of the laws.

They obviously disagree with their job description and have been freed to pursue other interests.
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yeah right, they certainly won't be enforcing equal protection or equal votes, or respecting state's laws when it comes to policies that don't enrich their donors (ex: weed legalization)

thank god we have the courts still, or this country would be ****ed in all directions except the path that leads directly to moscow
 
Re: AG Sessions asks remaining 46 US attorneys to resign

JumpinJack said:
He committed perjury. He won't be charged, though. The Repubs need their tax reform bill passed before feathers will be ruffled or the sanctity of an oath before Congress is upheld. But he might have to resign sooner or later. The AG of the United States of America has lied under oath to Congress. Think about it.

He also had communications with the Russians during the Trump campaign, like others in the Trump team.
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"I have no doubt that perjury qualifies under the Constitution as a high crime," Sessions said in September 1998, according to an Associated Press article from the time. "It goes to the heart of the judicial system."

Jeff Sessions Russia: What He Thought About Bill Clinton | Time.com
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but perjury is only perjury when it's politically convenient, and that one cuts both ways.
 
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chromium said:
yeah right, they certainly won't be enforcing equal protection or equal votes, or respecting state's laws when it comes to policies that don't enrich their donors (ex: weed legalization)

thank god we have the courts still, or this country would be ****ed in all directions except the path that leads directly to moscow
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Wow! No bias in that post!

Do the Feds have authority in prosecuting violations of State laws? That seems odd.

Are you saying the actions of the Trump Administration will lead us to Communism? Bernie Sanders will be outraged that Trump is stealing the Democrat Party Platform.

What has Trump done or said that indicates he is against all citizens in all areas from all classes voting?

Weed Legalization seems to be something needs to be addressed by an enlightened government. We apparently have not had one of these since Weed was place on Schedule 1 in the 1970 legislation.

In passing, I will note that the Congress, both houses, was controlled by the Dems when this law was written, voted on and enacted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Substances_Act
 
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Helix said:
but perjury is only perjury when it's politically convenient, and that one cuts both ways.
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Perjury only applies if the person under oath is intentionally giving false answers. That is not the case with Sessions. He honestly answered the question in the context that it was asked.
 
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ObamacareFail said:
Perjury only applies if the person under oath is intentionally giving false answers. That is not the case with Sessions. He honestly answered the question in the context that it was asked.
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no, he lied under oath.

“I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign, and I did not have communications with the Russians,”

Did Attorney General Jeff Sessions misspeak, lie ? or commit perjury?
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calling that something other than lying under oath is pretty generous.
 
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ModerateGOP said:
Can't say I'm surprised. Is it a last ditch effort to make a lasting mark before he resigns as well? It's a routine action at the start of a new administration
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Fixed it for you
 
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danarhea said:
Damn, this is right out of Andrew Jackson. The spoils system has returned.
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And Barack Obama. And George Bush. And....

Yeah, this isn't abnormal.
 
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code1211 said:
I feel the last two were severely damaging to our republic by almost any measure.

Clinton was a sex hound and there's not doubt about that.

However, he did what was needed at the time. He was the Eisenhower of the 90's.
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I was a bush voter but I dnt think he was a good presdent

And needless to say neither was obama

To his credot Clinton avoided long and expensive wars that scared the next two president

But trump as elected in part to reverse he harmfull trade policies begun by clinton
 
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Mac77 said:
I was a bush voter but I dnt think he was a good presdent

And needless to say neither was obama

To his credot Clinton avoided long and expensive wars that scared the next two president

But trump as elected in part to reverse he harmfull trade policies begun by clinton
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Well, wait a minute--did the first attack on the WTC and etc. ultimately avoid long and expensive war or leave it to successive Presidents?

Bill Clinton, Hours Before 9/11 Attacks: 'I Could Have Killed' Osama bin Laden - ABC News

Bill Clinton: 'I could have killed' Osama bin Laden in 1998 - LA Times
 
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nota bene said:
Well, wait a minute--did the first attack on the WTC and etc. ultimately avoid long and expensive war or leave it to successive Presidents?

Bill Clinton, Hours Before 9/11 Attacks: 'I Could Have Killed' Osama bin Laden - ABC News

Bill Clinton: 'I could have killed' Osama bin Laden in 1998 - LA Times
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Clinton kicked the can down the road

I think 9/11 could easily have happened before clinton left office

BUt it didnt so he was spared that decision
 
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Mac77 said:
Clinton kicked the can down the road

I think 9/11 could easily have happened before clinton left office

BUt it didnt so he was spared that decision
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So don't give him undue credit then.
 
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holbritter said:
Trumps a businessman, and is going to handle things like one. Guess we need to get used to a change in tradition. Change is hard on some people.
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Business isn't government, and government isn't business.
 
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Mac77 said:
Its about time
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I'd agree. This is a regular part of transition, and any US attorney appointed expects to be resigning, or asked to resign, at the end of the administration which appointed them.

Any outrage over this is fauxrage and clearly from those who don't have a clue how this works, or is designed to work.
 
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eohrnberger said:
I'd agree. This is a regular part of transition, and any US attorney appointed expects to be resigning, or asked to resign, at the end of the administration which appointed them.

Any outrage over this is fauxrage and clearly from those who don't have a clue how this works, or is designed to work.
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I think the majority of anger is how it was done. Poorly handled, and yes many know these positions are appointed by the Administration.
 
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eohrnberger said:
I'd agree. This is a regular part of transition, and any US attorney appointed expects to be resigning, or asked to resign, at the end of the administration which appointed them.

Any outrage over this is fauxrage and clearly from those who don't have a clue how this works, or is designed to work.
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That's true. What's unusual is Trump apparently takes his orders from Fox News. Hannity calls for the firings and the next day he fires them all.

And it was of course handled incompetently, but that's expected with Trump. Several weeks in, out of the clear blue, "clear out your desk by close of business! In the middle of a big trial? Oh well..." Maybe some of them will be given time to finish, hopefully. But, yeah, in general they expect to get fired and generally are with a few exceptions and Trump did have a few exceptions.
 
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JANFU said:
I think the majority of anger is how it was done. Poorly handled, and yes many know these positions are appointed by the Administration.
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I'm curious. Which aspect of how it was done that generated the anger? I didn't notice anything in particular out of the ordinary, but I may have missed it.
 
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