Be prepared DU - Rumor is Trump is going to Fire Sessions

[NewJeffCT]

and replace him with Pruitt, who is already confirmed by the Senate and Pruitt will fire Rosenstein and then Mueller.

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This is RUMINT, but pretty credible RUMINT: Trump preparing to fire Sessions, name Pruitt Acting AG (which he can be since he already holds a Senate confirmed position), and Pruitt fires Mueller. And McMaster likely to be replaced by Bolton. Shulkin also on way out, FWIW.

[dameatball]

1. Somebody cue the New York AG....he's up to bat.

[NewJeffCT]

4. yes

but, that's only part of the case, I believe

[MineralMan]

2. Of course he is going to fire Sessions.

The question is: When?

That's why Sessions should not fire McCabe. Sessions is toast. He should do the right thing and let the man collect his pension. If he fires McCabe, then he's a complete and total idiot, which may well be the case.

[NewJeffCT]

8. especially

since McCabe is officially retired on Sunday. Doing it now would very Trumpian, though. Screwing over the little guy after a lifetime of service.

[exboyfil]

22. Given how he f__d Clinton

and knowing he would ultimately win any arbitration case, I would be in favor of the firing. Just wouldn't admit to it. Maybe it would rattle enough folks in the FBI to squeal on what actually happened with the NY FBI/Giuliani Weiner email ambush.

[panader0]

3. I would bet that Mueller has contingency plans.

Firing Sessions and Rosenstein has been a possibility for a long time.
Mueller has plenty of indictments he can release in a heartbeat.

[NewJeffCT]

9. I hope Mueller is prepared

Another great tweet from conservative Bill Kristol..

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[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

5. Bolton will start a war

That son of a bitch scares me.

[dhol82]

6. Fasten your seatbelts

It’s gonna be a bumpy ride.

[global1]

7. And If This Does Go Down....

how are we supposed to react? How will the MSM treat this? As Trump gets away with all the destruction he's caused on this country - will he get away with this too?

I know people talk of a Constitutional Crisis - but what exactly will happen should this rumor become fact?

[dawg day]

10. I know--

It's scary. How can this be happening?

I had this sudden thought this morning of someone-- Kelly, maybe, or Mattis, someone who has actually served the country-- sitting Trump down and saying, "How could you do it? You collaborated with the Russians! No, don't bother lying. You did it. You're scum."

But then I realized no one he appointed would be honest like that.

Certainly not his own party. He will fire Sessions and they'll blithely go on. "How nice of Trump to appoint Pruitt so that we don't have to conduct any confirmation hearings!"

[global1]

18. We Always Sell Trump Short As Having Dementia; Being Stupid; Can't Read; etc....

Yet - he seems very capable of getting away with money laundering, collusion with the Russians, paying off porn stars; lying his ass off; and plotting strategies to keep him from being caught in any of these.

Now did he come up with this scheme for firing Sessions and appointing Pruitt who won't need confirmation hearings and does not have to recuse himself of this Russian investigation - so that he could fire Rosenstein and then Mueller? Or is this strategy coming from elsewhere - Repug think tanks; the RNC; or worse yet Putin himself?

[NewJeffCT]

11. we'll get a lot of tweets and sound bites

from Republicans denouncing the firing and then they'll do nothing and hope it blows away by November.

[NewJeffCT]

12. Vanity Fair is now reporting this rumor as well.

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NEW: Trump has discussed a plan to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions and replace him with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, according to two Republicans in contact with the White House

[USALiberal]

13. You realize this is posted weekly? Nt

[NewJeffCT]

15. I think Vanity Fair and Bill Kristol

are pretty good sources, though.

[bearsfootball516]

19. Like clockwork.

[Eyeball_Kid]

14. Mueller has a plan for this likely event. Trumpy should proceed with caution. He won't.

The Dogs of Hell will descend upon Trumpy, including at least THREE indictments against Trumpy that are sealed and ready to go. Further, the IC has plenty of unseen video and audio evidence that will also be released. (Perhaps the tape of his beating and raping a minor female is in the offing.) If Trumpy fires them all to get to Mueller, his demise will come at lightning speed. The Truthtellers are ready to roll. Mueller's had his contingency plans since the day he was hired.

[NewJeffCT]

16. I hope you are correct

with that

[Lindsay]

17. A writer for The Atlantic,

Elaina Plott, says

This rumor has been circulating for months and EPA sources believe it was started by Pruitt himself.

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Just thought that was an interesting addition to the conversation.

[safeinOhio]

20. Richard Milhouse Trump

he loves nicknames

[NewJeffCT]

21. I think Nixon's crimes

while big, were chump change compared to Trump

[wildeyed]

23. It's a strange world where firing Sessions is bad in any possible scenario.

That's how low we are right now.

[NewJeffCT]

24. yes

he's horrible in terms of his politics and beliefs, but he's really what is stopping Trump from firing Mueller right now