Remember the Feb 28 “unity” dinner between AG Jeff Sessions, Deputy AG Director Rod Rosenstein, and Inspector General, Noel Francisco? In light of #McCabe’s firing - this gets a second look.
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1) He thought he was safe - 🤪
2) He didn’t want a pay cut - 🤦♀️
3) He martyred himself for Mueller’s investigation - 🤔
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Trump’s ongoing attacks against Jeff Sessions for refusing himself on Trump-Russia instead of ending the probe.
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1) find an AG to fire Mueller
2) ignore the statutes
3) change the statute
As shown in this @washingtonpost graphic
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1) New AG - Nixon territory, and Sessions has a lot of friends in the Senate
2) Ignore Law - Courts will reverse and rebuke. Harshly.
3) Rewrite Law - Trump would need Congress to be ride or die for him. During midterms. Nope. Lol
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That’s why Sessions went with the IG investigation on @Comey (which is STILL active).
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And it’s why the GOP did their memo - and plans to do more.
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This is how we now can connect all the dots.
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