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NEW: Here’s the OLC opinion on Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker’s appointment. They were consulted before Jeff Sessions got the boot. huffingtonpost.com/entry/matthew-…
OLC had “previously advised that the President could designate a senior Department of Justice official, such as Mr. Whitaker, as Acting Attorney General.” huffingtonpost.com/entry/matthew-…
OLC had to go back to 1866 to find an example of a non-Senate confirmed acting attorney general. That’s before DOJ was even a thing. huffingtonpost.com/entry/matthew-…
A senior Justice Department official would not say when the White House sought out advice, and would not comment on any discussions about Whitaker’s potential recusal.
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Place sounded like Nats Park when the Phils are in town. #FlyEaglesFly
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NEW: DOJ report finds Hampton Roads Regional Jail, one of the nation’s deadliest jails, violated detainees’ constitutional rights and federal law. huffp.st/2TaGAES
DOJ evidently hasn’t completely killed "pattern or practice” civil rights cases. This one began in Dec. 2016. huffp.st/2TaGAES
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A woman who died in jail last week had been in custody since July on a $300 bond for a misdemeanor criminal trespass charge. ksat.com/news/female-in…
Her family didn’t know she was there. It would’ve cost between $30-$100 to get her out.

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1) This is my Q thread for December 20, 2018

Q posts can be found here: qmap.pub

Android apps:
bit.ly/Q_Drops
bit.ly/Q-alerts

My theme: [D] Day
2) Q posted a link to an article lampooning those who hoped General Flynn would be cleared of all charges in his hearing on December 18th.

The article takes aim at conspiracy theorists who follow Q and who believe Flynn is part of a secret operation.
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3) As much as I hoped General Flynn would be cleared, God gave me dream the morning of the 17th showing confusion on social media about the hearing. I opted not to make a prediction about it.
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1) This is my Q thread for December 6, 2018

Q posts can be found here: qmap.pub

Android apps:
bit.ly/Q_Drops
bit.ly/Q-alerts

My Theme: Deep State Fake Out
2) On Nov 4th, Robert Mueller sent his sentencing memo to a judge regarding General Flynn's case. Mueller recommended no jail time.

The unredacted document was made public. Predictably, the MSM hoped it spelled doom for POTUS.
usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
3) Link to the full memo:
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5425…
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"If Whitaker doesn't recuse himself and has any involvement in Mueller's probe, we will expose it, including whether he made any commitments to Trump, is serving as a back channel, or interfering in the probe. He will be held accountable. There must be no ambiguity about that."
"We are calling on the Chief Ethics Official at DOJ to notify us whether Mr. Whitaker has been advised to recuse himself from overseeing Mueller’s investigation. And, we will force Congress to act to protect the Mueller investigation." | @SenSchumer
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"Jerry Nadler of New York @RepJerryNadler, the likely incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, called the acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, “a complete political lackey.” | @AndrewKragie @TheAtlantic
theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
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So this was a straight up firing and not a resignation – not even a fake resignation. Doesn't that mean that Rod Rosenstein becomes acting AG and Trump doesn't get the privilege of appointing one? @kaitlancollins @YesMomsCan @Delavegalaw
1998 Federal Vacancies Reform Act gives the president the authority to temporarily move a Senate-confirmed political appointees into a vacant position when the predecessor dies or resigns...In the case of firings, the federal govt has a succession plan.
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Per @NormEisen: "Under 5 USC 3344, the president cannot fire a Senate confirmed official and replace him with a person of his choosing. Sessions was constructively fired."
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#BREAKING Trump FIRES Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Trump asked him to submit letter of resignation. Let's remember Sessions did everything Trump wanted, even separated children at border. The ONLY reason Trump fired him: Sessions recused, didn't stop the Russia investigation.
Trump fired Sessions and replaced him with a man who has openly expressed hostility to the Mueller investigation. Matthew Whitaker wrote in 2017 that investigating Trump's financial ties to Russia is beyond Mueller's scope. Ridiculous then. Now dangerous. cnn.com/2017/08/06/opi…
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BREAKING: Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigns at Trump’s request.

It's happening, Trump is going to attempt to end the Mueller probe. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
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Lindsey Graham in July 2017: "If Sessions is fired, there will be holy hell to pay."

How long before 2018 Lindsey is appointed Attorney General?
Trump named Matthew Whitaker, Sessions' chief of staff, as acting AG. Whitaker is now set to oversee the Mueller's probe.

Whitaker, once wrote an opinion column before joining the DOJ titled "Mueller's investigation into Trump is going too far." nbcnews.com/politics/white…
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