11 House Republicans call on Sessions to prosecute HRC and 7 other "political enemies" of Trump

[Miles Archer]

House Republicans calling on Jeff Sessions to prosecute eight of Trump’s political foes



The letter issued Wednesday morning urging Attorney General Jeff Sessions to open investigations — and then prosecutions — of eight former government or law enforcement officials who have drawn the president’s ire over the past three years.

The lawmakers called on Sessions to investigate Hillary Clinton, former FBI director James Comey and his former deputy Andrew McCabe, former attorney general Loretta Lynch and former acting attorney general Sally Yates, former acting assistant attorney general Dana Boente, and FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.

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“We are especially mindful of the dissimilar degrees of zealousness that has marked the investigations into Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and and the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, respectively,” the lawmakers said.

The letter was signed by GOP representatives Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Dave Brat (R-VA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-WY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jody Hice (R-GA), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Claudia Tenney (R-NY) and Ted Yoho (R-FL).

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/house-republicans-calling-jeff-sessions-prosecute-eight-trumps-political-foes/

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. Thankfully, this is (probably) not going anywhere

but I guess that they don't know (or care) how dangerous and deplorable such a request sounds in a democratic republic.

[RKP5637]

4. Next will be people suddenly accidentally falling out windows/balconies of high rises! n/t

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. I certainly hope not

[RKP5637]

24. Same here.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. this isnt a dictatorship folks

[StevieM]

20. No, but we are rapidly getting there. (eom)

[madaboutharry]

3. All seven of them are loons.

This list gives new meaning to "right wing nut job."

They want to prosecute political enemies like they do in totalitarian regimes. Fuck them.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. Hopefully, Rokita wins the GOP primary here in Indiana

Should help give Joe Donnelly a smoother path to re-election in the fall.

[Freethinker65]

7. I was just going to post about Rokita in the Senate race. Is Indiana that insane?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

10. TL/DR Answer:

Yes.

Republicans have a super majority here and (I think) Donnelly is the only Democratic statewide officeholder left at the moment.

[Freethinker65]

13. Yikes. I have a son at DePauw. I just learned about Rokita a few days ago.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

16. Indiana is weird

There are some blue pockets in Indiana such as Indianapolis (Marion County), Bloomington (Monroe County), and northern Indiana (Lake County) but we get outvoted by the dark red rural counties and some of the richer counties like Hamilton County. Plus, blue areas like Indianapolis *mysteriously* don't get as many voting machines as some of the other counties and, last election, a Democratic voter registration organization got raided and shut down, though I don't think that anybody ever said what came out of that, didn't really say what the allegations were (just lots of talk about "bad actors" ).

[exboyfil]

28. I wonder if the tariff backlash

will lighten some of that red? Sounds like Holder/Obama may need to pay a visit regarding the voting suppression. The disproportionate allocation of voting machines should be a major issue across the nation. They should be allocated by number of votes in the prior election of the same type.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

29. I would hope

Indiana went blue in 2008 for Obama but quickly reverted to form shortly thereafter.

[karynnj]

14. They rejected Murdock after he primaried the esteemed Duck Lugar

The Republicans could have easily held the state with Lugar. Could Donelly be that lucky if the republicans were to once again pick a totally unacceptable nominee?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

31. Maybe

Genus Republicanus seems to rapidly devolving as the inmates are (largely) running the asylum.

[MagickMuffin]

8. And not ONE member from Texas

[Egnever]

9. lol they investigated Hillary for months themselves but that was not good enough?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. *One more investigation* will find the "smoking gun"

that the FBI and several Congressional committee investigations have thus far failed to uncover.

[blake2012]

12. Now all that needs to happen is Fox&Friends suggest it in

Their 3 hours of hate, and then we can be sure Trump will be threatening Sessions to do it or be fired.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. Looks like a Trump loyalty oath/job application

"ooh, yes, Mister President, we will support you unthinkingly, without regard to reason or legal process. The next time you fire someone and need a brown-noser to take a government position, think of one of us!"

[bluestarone]

17. Any of these twirps up for re- election in 2018??

VOTE THEM OUT!!!!!!!!

[onenote]

21. Unless they're retiring, all of them.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

25. Rokita is running for Senate in Indiana

Not sure if he is quitting his House seat to do it, though.

[procon]

18. These Republicans must have been playing hooky from school the day

the teachers taught about Banana Republic dictators and African warlords who seized power by putting their opponents on trial to silence the opposition. Or maybe their schools were too poor to affords history textbooks so they never learned about fascism and the despots of bygone eras who ruled unchecked as kings and monarchs.

[PatSeg]

19. This is all they do

They are paid well to just obstruct and defame the opposition, they do little actual legislation.

[dhill926]

22. how very fascist of them....

[hotrod0808]

23. I really wonder

what will become of these clowns after the investigation is over and all of these shady ties to Russia demonstrate what a corrupt piece of trash Trump is.

[Eliot Rosewater]

26. The fastest way to BIG problems in the streets is to investigate people because they are

political foes who have been repeatedly proven to have done NOTHING wrong.

[DetlefK]

27. Do Republicans really want to set a precedent of prosecuting the prior administration? Really?

Because two can play that game.

[sarcasmo]

30. Banana Republic