It would appear that at least 3 other officials told Trump to f*** off before new Acting AG accepted

[Gothmog]

This is amusing

Link to tweet

[pkdu]

1. No - in the words of Macklemore....

"This is Fucking Awesome"

[C_U_L8R]

2. I wonder if Trump followed the order at all

Or just picked the first guy who'd carry their agenda.

[pbmus]

4. Bwwwwwwwwhaaaaaaa, ,, Following orders, the Trumpster ...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. That assumes Bannon followed the law. I'd bet he didn't & the gang went straight to Boente. nt

[Cha]

5. Wow.. thank you, Goth!

And, then there's this guy..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028569592



http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028569077

[onenote]

6. Not necessarily. There is a 2007 legal opinion

holding that the President may appoint someone to be acting attorney general notwithstanding the succession provision.
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/olc/opinions/attachments/2015/06/01/op-olc-v031-p0208.pdf

I didn't find the opinion totally convincing, but it has never been repudiated to the best of my knowledge.

[sheshe2]

8. K&R

[BainsBane]

9. They could have approached people they thought would be cooperative

It's not like that administration worries about prodecure.

[Gothmog]

10. It may more likely that the trumpies are clueless as to proper procedure

Trump has bungled this transition and was not prepared to take office. I wonder if the trumpies even know the rules.

[BainsBane]

11. Moreover, they don't care.

[GliderGuider]

12. It's 1973 all over again.