Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Trump makes a move on Mueller

Whelp, it happened. President Trump has fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Trump seemed to only have 3 problems with Sessions.

  1. His Southern Accent (which he deems stupid)
  2. He graduated from the University of Alabama (which he deems inferior)
  3. He recused himself from the Investigation in Russian Interference in 2016 (which he wanted the AG to protect him from, but why do you need protection if you did nothing wrong).
Now, don't get me wrong, I strongly dislike Jeff Sessions. I have no doubt that he will burn in Hell for all of eternity for his treatment of blacks, Hispanics and the LGBT community. But Sessions's removal, also effectively fired Rod Rosenstein from overseeing the Mueller Investigation. In the normal order of business, the deputy AG becomes AG. But that doesn't accomplish what Trump wants to accomplish.
Instead he installs his own protector as AG to take the investigation from the DAG. This is it. This is the ballgame. You cannot say that you believe in the Rule of Law, if the President is above the law. Even if the President had done nothing wrong, curtailing an investigation to protect your friends and your family is still obstruction. Even using your Constitutional powers for corrupt intent is abuse of those powers.
Suppose you are a Trump supporter, imagine for 5 seconds that President Obama or a President Clinton had made moves to impede the progress of an investigation into themselves or their friends. You should act now the you would act if that had occurred.

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