obSESSIONS

From the DAILY BEAST:

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has no plans to leave office, as friends say he’s grown angry with President Donald Trump following a series of attacks meant to marginalize his power and, potentially, encourage his resignation.

“Sessions is totally pissed off about it,” said a Sessions ally familiar with his thinking. “It’s beyond insane. It’s cruel and it’s insane and it’s stupid.”

Uh-oh! Little Ernie…I mean, Little BeauBeau is pissed off! Ever see The Help, Twitler? Better not eat the cookies…especially the chocolate ones, no matter how beautiful they are.

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Sessions’ allies say the president’s criticism of the attorney general is counterproductive. Perhaps more than any other member of Trump’s Cabinet, Sessions has been an uncompromising advocate for Trump’s agenda.

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He’s visited the border twice to emphasize a desire to prosecute undocumented immigrants. He’s passionately defended Trump’s so-called travel ban and threatened to withhold funding from “sanctuary” cities.

In the process, he’s become Public Enemy No. 1 for progressives, which makes his targeting by Trump so baffling to those close to him.

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Rather than quit, Sessions insiders predict the attorney general will call Trump’s bluff. And unlike other members of Trump’s Cabinet, he has political wiggle room to do so. Trump’s base of support—immigration restrictionists, rank-and-file law-enforcement officials, and states’ rights conservatives—were Sessions’ fans before they flocked to the president. They may very well scoff at the idea that the administration would be better off without its AG. Sessions also enjoys continued support in the Senate, where he served for a decade. On Tuesday morning, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) pushed back on Trump’s attacks and called the president’s encouragement that Sessions prosecute Hillary Clinton over her email use “highly inappropriate.”

Much of Trump’s senior staff in the White House doesn’t expect Sessions to leave any time soon either. The attorney general has several hardcore fans within the top ranks, including senior adviser for policy Stephen Miller and chief strategist Steve Bannon, the latter of whom has previously dubbed Session his “mentor.”

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Sessions allies insist that the president’s criticisms should be directed at Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

The He’s a Jew wink and nod are implied.

The Justice Department regulation on recusals is extremely clear: Sessions had no choice but to recuse himself from investigations related to the 2016 presidential election. And that includes any investigations into Clinton’s email server.

Given that he had to recuse, the responsibility for making Bob Mueller special counsel for the Russia probe lies with Rosenstein. But the president has yet to even tweet Rosenstein’s name, though Trump hinted at him last month in one missive.

Sessions’ allies also point out that if the president wanted to get rid of Mueller, he could just get rid of Rosenstein. The fact that he hasn’t done so and is, instead, fixated on his attorney general, is treated as evidence that he’s behaving irrationally.

As Trump continues to torment Sessions, some of the AG’s allies have begun advocating steps to re-establish his position inside the administration. In particular, leading conservative voices have begun encouraging Sessions to undo his recusal, arguing that Mueller’s probe has extended beyond activities that happened during the campaign.

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And on Tuesday afternoon, President Trump held a news conference in the White House Rose Garden, and again took another shot at his attorney general. “I want the attorney general to be much tougher on the leaks from intelligence agencies,” Trump said[…] 

“These are intelligence agencies—we cannot have that happen.” The president reiterated that as “I’ve told you before, I am very disappointed with the attorney general, but we will see what happens.”

“Time will tell, time will tell,” Trump added.

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7 responses to “obSESSIONS

  1. the loony tic

    two bulls butting horns to see who has the bigger dick. it would be amusing if it weren’t so pathetic.

    • I’d love to see a fight between the two of them. It would probably look like a tickle fight, and both of them would be crying. Two dickless wusses.

  2. Friend of the court

    Tromp can’t tweet Rosenstein , too many letters.

  3. Model T. uses people by eating them up and spitting them out. He got all that he needed and because he does not understand, from what I’ve read, Sessions had not other recourse but to recuse. Goes to show you that he probably wanted Sessions to be the fall guy- at least that’s my take of it. Or just maybe he wants to replace him with someone who is sleazier than Sessions. You know, got it keep it all low and to the ground.

    But the public humiliation of Sessions from Model T that is still continuing is really low even if Sessions has no scruples himself. Model T. has no concept of decency, no moral fiber and no scruples.