All the Qtippers hung their hat on Sessions being the stealthy behind the scenes savior of the Republic who was going to indict all the bad guys and truly drain the swamp. What say you now? Too bad Indentured Servant hit the road. He won’t be able to tell us he was wrong.
Sessions Was Told Wednesday That Trump Wanted Him To Resign: BBG
Update (3:55 pm ET): Jeff Sessions was reportedly informed on Wednesday by phone that Trump wanted his resignation. And now that Sessions’ former Chief of Staff Matthew Whitaker has taken over as acting AG, he will also assume control of the Mueller probe, according to Bloomberg. Unsurprisingly given Trump’s well-documented ironic aversion to firing people in person, Chief of Staff John Kelly reportedly delivered the news to Sessions in a phone call.
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly called Attorney General Jeff Sessions prior to President Trump’s news conference today to inform him that Trump wanted his resignation, a US official said.
Sessions is packing up his things and will address senior level staff in a private meeting before leaving DOJ for final time Matthew Whitaker, who previously served as DOJ’s chief of staff, is officially the acting attorney general and will take over Robert Mueller’s probe into Russia’s role in the 2016 campaign, the official said.
Mueller declined to comment on the matter, according to spokesman Peter Carr.
So, it looks like the Mueller probe really is in trouble.
Just one day after Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate, President Trump revealed in a tweet that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned. Matthew G. Whitaker, Sessions’ chief of staff, will become acting Attorney General until Trump can win a confirmation for Sessions’ replacement from the Senate. Whitaker is expected to be sworn in by end of day Wednesday. Session confirmed that he is resigning at the president’s request.
We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the United States. He will serve our Country well….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018
….We thank Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his service, and wish him well! A permanent replacement will be nominated at a later date.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018
As speculation turns to the fate of Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, the White House has confirmed that Rosenstein will remain in his role (for now, at least). This is key, because Rosenstein, who oversees the Mueller probe, was reportedly on the cusp of resigning back in September after a NYT story which alleged that Rosenstein had tried to corral members of Trump’s cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump, even reportedly suggesting that senior officials surreptitiously record their conversations with Trump. After that story broke, Whitaker was briefly rumored to be a possible replacement for Rosenstein before Roz and Trump purportedly buried the hatchet. Immediately after Trump announced Sessions’ resignation, Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said in a statement of his own that protecting the Mueller probe would be paramount. Since Whitaker hasn’t recused himself from the probe, he will become the senior DOJ official overseeing the Mueller, whose investigation is said to be winding down after a handful of departures from his team of prosecutors. This could be a problem for the veteran prosecutor, because Whitaker, a former US attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, said during a stint as a conservative commentator that the Mueller probe was a “witch hunt” and that he believes Mueller has violated the law by looking into Trump’s finances and venturing beyond the original scope of the investigation.
What’s more, Whitaker could try and gut the Southern District of New York’s investigation of the Trump Organization and other probes related to the president’s dealings before he took office, per Bloomberg.
An acting attorney general also could impede the investigations of the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The White House could be apprised of whatever private or confidential information they have accumulated.
“An acting attorney general could do a lot of damage,” said Martin Lederman, a former top Justice Department official and Georgetown University law professor.
In July 2017, Whitaker said during an interview on CNN that he could envision a scenario where the AG doesn’t fire Mueller, but instead “just reduces his budget to so low that his investigations grinds to almost a halt.” This has fueled speculation that, if Whitaker does take over the probe, that he would suspend the “memorandum of independence” that Rosenstein gave Mueller.
Schumer added that the timing of Sessions’ firing is “extremely suspect” – though most of Washington probably inferred that Sessions’ days were numbered once it became clear Tuesday that Republicans would expand their majority in the Senate.
Incoming House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler demanded that Trump offer an explanation for why he fired Sessions. Apparently, Nadler doesn’t follow the president on twitter.
Americans must have answers immediately as to the reasoning behind @realDonaldTrump removing Jeff Sessions from @TheJusticeDept. Why is the President making this change and who has authority over Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation? We will be holding people accountable. https://t.co/weykMuiCxm
— Rep. Nadler (@RepJerryNadler) November 7, 2018
Speculation has been mounting for months that Trump would fire Sessions – whom Trump has publicly criticized in interviews and tweets over Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from the Mueller probe. Many believe South Carolina Lindsey Graham will be tapped to replace Sessions, speculation that has only intensified following Nikki Haley’s decision to resign as UN Ambassador, which some believe she did to set herself up to succeed Graham (Haley previously served as governor of South Carolina) should he be tapped for Trump’s cabinet.
Sessions’ ouster also follows Trump’s decision to try and bait House Democrats into investigating him by tweeting that “two can play that game” and saying during a press conference on Wednesday that he wouldn’t work with Democrats on legislation if they tried to subpoena him. Trump also boasted on Tuesday that he could “end the Mueller probe right now” if he wanted. And, as it turns out, Democrats are probably afraid that, as they inch closer to acquiring subpoena power, the president might be leaning toward doing just that.
Read Sessions resignation letter below:
‘Q’ is not done with by a long shot.
My guess is that Trey Gowdy will be the new AG.
But all the machinations of government are so interesting aren’t they?
🙂
You’re dreaming. Gowdy is compromised. Q was bullshit. The sealed indictments are bullshit. All of this hopeum was bullshit. No one will go to jail. No one of any import will be indicted. America is finished so prepare accordingly… Chip
This really is the end.
After the many millions of Trumptards realize they’ve been duped by DONALD you had better get the fuck out of the way and DUCK.
Their rage will know no bounds and you’ll get caught in the crossfire with whoever they take their anger out on.
I’m sure this is just part of the plan. Don’t make me pull up all the Qtipper comments saying Jeff Sessions was the secret weapon and all the Q drops referencing good ole Jeff. Don’t embarrass yourselves by trying to spin this.
I don’t think it is the end of it, but I do think a lot of Q-fans are in the poop or get off the pot phase. I think the die hards give it until the newly elected Congress sits in January. And it has either very obviously blown up by then, or it quietly fades away.
Because at that point it won’t be the Goodlatte house joint oversight committee helping shine a light on the dirt the deep state did do, a whole bunch of house committees will be trying to rummage through anything and everything from this administration.
The Holder precedent of just ignoring/stonewalling congressional oversight was already set, and certainly reinforced by DOJ over the last two years. Interesting to see if Trump’s admin plays by the old rules or the new ones.
I hereby publicly state I was 99-100% WRONG about how Sessions was going to be the greatest AG in the history of the Republic. I’m tending toward those who joked there must be photos of him with sheep….or Hillary. LOL!
Maybe the answer to that will become apparent when we find out what Sessions does next. After all he has been working with Huber, who he appointed, and a team of nearly 500 legal investigators to do what exactly? If the outcome of these investigations is a number of indictments, then someone, somewhere will need to prosecute them.
Having recused himself from the Russia investigation and other investigations into the DOJ/FBI, he is therefore not ‘tainted’ and can’t be accused of bias. So surely Sessions is in the best position to prosecute anyone indicted by Huber.
Just speculating.
My guess is he’ll end up a million dollar a year lobbyist or senior partner at some white shoe law firm.
Next to get axed is the ‘gazillion sealed indictments’ fairy tale.
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Gerald…
Wow. Great sleuth work, I can barely check Emails.
I asked a well known Quidiot here how Trump was going to Take back the hundreds of Trillions the bad guys stole from us and pay off our debts without crashing the global financial markets. The answer came right out of this new progressive wonder in NYC’s playbook. Oh, I don’t know about those financial things but Trump does.
Beam Me Up Scotty!
I want to hear about human traffickers paying off the dept again, fuck that was funny.
“Future proves the past”-The future is now.
I dont mind seeing the high turnover in the Trump Admin. “One cant be betrayed if One has no people” -Kiaser Sosa
The Qtards have decoded the final Q drop it’s, it’s…………it’s
Drink more Oval-Teen
Classic and just in time for Christmas….always enjoy watching The Christmas Story during the holiday season
Ovaltine
Thanks for the correction it was a suggested spelling off my phone while posting. I didn’t think the word looked right but I was lazy.
If it’s not perfection, Anon will pounce like a rabid mouse.
I see what you did there. But, nonnies can be different and in this case they are.
Good comeback on emend. I learned.
But, it wadn’t me, on the -tine correction here. Diff mouse.
Lord knows I get sloppy w/ some punkchooayshun and grammar, use slang & cliches too much, and miss more than a few precise meanings of wurds used, by meself, and others.
Dictionaries and other resources aren’t always at me disposal to fact check prior to chiming in. But, can always count on you for wits honed sharp. Not much escapes your watch.
Sometimes I pick up what you’re layin’ down; other times, not so much.
In the end, tho, it’s all good.
Payback is a mean girl. It’s all in fun, though. Thanks for the courtesy of a reply!
EC..
Thats Mary C the spelling Nazi going inkoggkneetoe.
TBP is the only place where your buddies go incognito to stab you in the back.
We talk about you behind your back so we don’t hurt your feelings. Old Pangloss
One day and the political manuevering and games begin…Pelosi was on TV today talking about her agenda for the house..not once did she mention working for the American people or citizens, but she did mention working on behalf of illegals ” rights”, friggin disgusting.
C’mon people, it’s all bullshit and you defend these fucks like they are doing God’s work!
Here are just a few of the recent comments from the Douchebag and Chief about Pelosi
Kabuki theater nonsense…
And then there is Maxine Waters comments about Trump, Russia and Deutsche Bank…
https://www.axios.com/deutsche-bank-1541540386-4ec36c8d-49b0-4f0c-97ba-0d5eddc56d84.html
ONE TERM PRESIDENT
You don’t learn anything the second time you get kicked in the nuts.
Sometimes a worthless turd is just a worthless turd.
From day one I told anyone that was interested that Sessions was a compromised, deep state puppet. I also believe he was forced on Trump under threat of (what’s the worst thing you can imagine, harm coming to your family?) These people Clinton, Brennan, Clapper, etc. are beyond any evil a moral man can imagine. I personally believe them to be demonic in nature. Don’t look for these people to be prosecuted much less punished. They’d take down the entire Continent in a nuclear conflagration before allowing themselves to even being arrested. Take care of your loved ones. That’s the best you can do.
day 656
() wall still not built. and won’t be.
() swamp still not drained. and won’t be.
() nobody of any consequence is locked up. now or ever.
() work harder. millions of illegals on welfare are depending on you.
() qult qtards still going full-retard.
() gawd bless amerika.
still not tired of winning!
Q session plan
https://mobile.twitter.com/wyscrapper/status/1060291365865549824/photo/1
Thank god that constitution hating communist Jeff Sessions is out of here! Sesssions is an enemy to the constitution and freedom. He hates his own country. He really seems like an AG that Hillary would have picked.
Judging the way things are playing out she probably did.
Even Stealth Jeff (not a Q’ist) has been a bit blind sided by this.
I dunno. Could Sessions actually do anything about any of these dirt bags if he was in fact a victim of one of their crimes? Probably not. If they are moving from gathering evidence to a prosecution phase he’d have to step down/be removed. Please correct me if I’m wrong. Just trying to wrap my ahead around the procedural end of things.
Of course if that is the case then it doesn’t mean prosecutions aren’t coming. As for sealed indictments who the hell really knows? Last I heard it was up to 60+k. Seems a bit silly/stretch/bullshit in my estimation but I suppose we’ll find out in time.
I guess the big question is: does anyone outside of President Trump’s inner circle REALLY KNOW WTF is going on?
I didn’t think so.
In the meantime the Repubs finally have a REAL pro POTUS majority in the Senate and things are moving quickly as the world keeps turning.
Anyways, when someone gets it all figured out please share it with the rest of us. I’d really like to know how this story ends.
Thanks.
The end is simple, economic collapse. The Date? tbd
Maybe. Maybe not.
Crystal balls are not as reliable as they used to be.
Amen, Foot. All of the above shit is designed to keep our eyes off the economy. The fall will be a wonder to behold!
In the end, the job was just too big for him. He was a doddering old man, holding on to insanely small idea of what his responsibilities were. Failure of the individual. Plain and simple
He’s in this (Uranium deal) up to his bung hole…
nkit,details please–
We’ll know soon enough. Anyways – I keep seeing this picture on twatter and all I can think about his replacement is “I don’t think I’d fuck with this guy.”
He’s an Olympic powerlifter, Francis. 49 years old
He looks like the guy that shows up at your house around 10:30 PM with a baseball bat, minus the glove looking for the money you owe Luigi. As good a reason to carry cash as any.
That guy should be standing on the border. One look at him and the migrants might turn tail.
Who the fuck downvoted me? the dude is going to cash in big from two years of mediocre service. He already has million-dollar offers on the table from Keebler and Santa Claus.
Ouch.
I wouldn’t call Senator-elect Romney a pro-Trump Senator.
Me either, more like McCain’s replacement.
And the net loss is…what? False hope? Give me a fuckin break. Even if LARP the movement has inspired massive amounts of research and discussion, raising awareness in an unprecedented manner.
Net benefit.
I for one can observe the efficacy of the ephemeral mystery, the Q annon phenomena is bigger than a man.
I can find common ground with the detractors in this:
Q is not going to save us.
That job rests with us, always has, always will.
God bless the Patriots.
Yes.
Q !! My ass. 40,000 indictments? Seriously could anybody believe that crap?
What if the idea of ridiculous numbers of indictments is BS? What if the idea was to scare the guilty or cause wimps to rat? What if someone really has been investigating the crimes most here might agree have been committed by the previous administration or the Clinton State Dept. or Clinton Campaign?
Is it reasonable to think that there could be several sealed indictments? Just two or three? That isn’t unreasonable. Neither is it unreasonable to think a Sessions replacement might begin a real investigation under DOJ auspices where people who refuse subpoenas get picked up by US Marshals. Times like this all us old snoops wish to be the fly on the wall.
I would be happy seeing the guilty elites raided like the average Joe for once.
It’s all baked into the fucking plan….. NOT.
When the millions upon millions of Trumptards realize they’ve been utterly duped by DONALD you had better get the fuck out of the way and DUCK.
Their rage will know no bounds and you’ll get caught in the crossfire with whoever they take their anger out on.
I’d rather pick a fight with 1,000 bomb-throwing left wing radicals than have a close encounter with a single enraged, armed, and double-crossed TRUMPTARD.
My 2 cents for what it’s worth.
When the smoke cleared after the mid term gain/loss table became clear, I have gotten over my initial fears of the loss of MAGA. Yes, I know I’m slow.
Well to start with, as the senate is still republican, the judicial will still swing for Trump all the way up to the next Supreme Court replacement. So the court will still swing conservative.
Second, there will be tons of crap from Pelosi, but after 2 years, who wants to hear anothe Russian collusion bombshell? And anything the house wants to legislate will be held up in the senate, so at best, it will be a do nothing government which isn’t a bad thing.
Q? It’s no longer another source of information, as it has been discredited, but that won’t stop the faithful from searching for autist breadcrumbs and the sound of the letter Q whenever Trump blows his nose. So give them their space and maybe someday they will see the actual damage they are doing by trying to validate a movement that has long since been discredited.
Admin popped T4C’s cherry about Q a long time ago. She kept coming back from time to time, surfacing for air after blowing Q 16 hours a day. I wonder why we haven’t heard from her? T4C!!!!!
“Is the Q farce over?”
It’s been over two thousand years since Jesus said he would return while those STILL LIVING are still alive. That didn’t happen yet, millions still believe.
So, it is with Q. Believers always believe. Maybe Q and Jesus will make themselves known the very same day. Some day. Far into the future.
As for me and my house, … I was open minded … but after two years of promises unfulfilled …. my thinking brain tells me Q is a fairy tale.
You are like that proverbial Chinaman who turned back after swimming almost 4,000 nautical miles to America.
…10At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another, 11and many false prophets
will arise and mislead many. 12Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.…