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Trump-allied House conservatives draft articles of impeachment against Rosenstein as ‘last resort’

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...2c89fe3ca4c_story.html?utm_term=.dae57679c5d2

The document, which was obtained by The Washington Post, underscores the growing chasm between congressional Republican leaders, who have maintained for months that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III should be allowed to proceed, and rank-and-file GOP lawmakers who have repeatedly battled the Justice Department during the past year.

The draft articles, which one of its authors called a “last resort,” would be unlikely to garner significant support in Congress. But it could serve as a provocative political weapon for conservatives in their standoff with Mueller and the Justice Department.
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Dumb move
But then again they just keep on making them
 
On what grounds?:lamo

They have nothing.
 
MovingPictures said:
On what grounds?:lamo

They have nothing.
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Supposedly about Docs that Meadows wants.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...2c89fe3ca4c_story.html?utm_term=.dae57679c5d2
Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus — led by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), a Trump confidant — finalized the draft in recent days. It came after weeks of disputes with Rosenstein over the Justice Department’s response to congressional requests for documents about the decisions and behavior of federal law-enforcement officials working on the Russia investigation and other federal probes, including the investigation into 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s email server.
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apdst said:
A bureaucrat can't withold information from Congress. Rosenstein seems to have forgotten who he works for.
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Actually, information can be withheld if it is part of an ongoing criminal case.
 
"Last resort? Last resort of what? Treasonous bastids!
 
From the article:

Meadows acknowledged the draft in an interview Monday, calling the one-page document “a last resort option, if the Department of Justice fails to respond” for his requests for more information.

“My frustrations about their inability to respond to simple requests could warrant further action,” Meadows said, adding that many of his colleagues are nearing a breaking point with Rosenstein.

The last federal official impeached by the House was federal judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr., who was convicted by the Senate in 2010 on bribery allegations.
 
Cardinal said:
I'd like to think that Republicans are eventually going to blink, but I'm not confident that's going to happen.
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I doubt it will reach the floor.
 
JANFU said:
I doubt it will reach the floor.
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I'm not talking about this one specific thing. I'm talking about all of this.
 
Cardinal said:
I'm not talking about this one specific thing. I'm talking about all of this.
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If Rosenstein is fired, it takes Sessions to do it. Sessions, well I wonder if he would or would he resign. I would hope he resigns but that in itself creates another problem as the next AG would not recuse themselves from the Mueller investigation
 
Cardinal said:
I'd like to think that Republicans are eventually going to blink, but I'm not confident that's going to happen.
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It sure seems like the House Republicans are much more unhinged and radical than their Senate counterparts.

I'm not saying the Senate hasn't also been partisan and protective of Trump (they have), but it seems like the House has gone full wacko, with odd memos, bizarre accusations, WH drafted reports, and nonstop attacks on Trump' accusers.
 
JANFU said:
If Rosenstein is fired, it takes Sessions to do it. Sessions, well I wonder if he would or would he resign. I would hope he resigns but that in itself creates another problem as the next AG would not recuse themselves from the Mueller investigation
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No, I'm talking about...all...of this. I'm talking about Republicans hurtling toward a constitutional crisis and cracking our country open like an egg just to protect one man.
 
Cardinal said:
No, I'm talking about...all...of this. I'm talking about Republicans hurtling toward a constitutional crisis and cracking our country open like an egg just to protect one man.
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The US is now a House divided, the ramifications of Trump will be felt for decades. I do not know if they, a majority would stand up against Trump.
 
JANFU said:
If Rosenstein is fired, it takes Sessions to do it. Sessions, well I wonder if he would or would he resign. I would hope he resigns but that in itself creates another problem as the next AG would not recuse themselves from the Mueller investigation
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Nobody currently in the DOJ chain of command would carry out Trump's orders, so him firing the AG and DAG would do no good, and only cause a political firestorm.

Further, it will take time to get a new AG, so he'd be stuck with the associate AG, Jesse Panuccio, in the meantime. And when he does nominate someone to be AG or DAG, he'll have to get Congressional approval, and even a few Republicans would make the nominee promise to not fire Mueller (that's what Congress did in Watergate).
 
MovingPictures said:
Nobody currently in the DOJ chain of command would carry out Trump's orders, so him firing the AG and DAG would do no good, and only cause a political firestorm.

Further, it will take time to get a new AG, so he'd be stuck with the associate AG, Jesse Panuccio, in the meantime. And when he does nominate someone to be AG or DAG, he'll have to get Congressional approval, and even a few Republicans would make the nominee promise to not fire Mueller (that's what Congress did in Watergate).
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And times have changed. If Sessions refused, resigns does Trump then go down the replacement chain till he finds one that will fire Rosenstein?
 
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