Trump Tries to Escape Mueller Dragnet With Post-Election Smokescreen

[DonViejo]

Jeff Sessions did all of one honorable thing as attorney general. That was one too many for Trump.

Michael Tomasky
11.08.18 5:02 AM ET

We don’t know yet if firing Jeff Sessions will work—the good news is that Democrats will soon have subpoena power, and this is still enough of a democracy that public opinion does ultimately matter. But let’s just take a step back here and call this Wednesday Afternoon Massacre what it is: an attempt by a president of the United States who is under investigation to subvert the law and end that investigation.

In fact, this is the second attempt by this president of the United States to subvert the law and end the investigation into him.

The first of course was Trump’s firing in May 2017 of then-FBI director James Comey. That was so many WTFs ago that you may find it hard to recall the shock that, if you are a person who understands the Constitution, the rule of law, and the traditions of independence that every modern president except Trump and Richard Nixon have honored, surely registered when you first heard the news.

It was shocking in part because presidents don’t fire FBI directors. It had happened only once before. Bill Clinton did it in 1993. Oh, say the wingnuts: Clinton did it! Double standard!

But in reality, anyone who has the ability to read beyond a headline already knew or quickly learned that the circumstances of Clinton’s dismissal of William Sessions were completely unlike the circumstances of Trump’s firing of Comey. Sessions wasn’t investigating Clinton. He fired Sessions in response to a scathing Justice Department report on Sessions’ lapses. Clinton upheld the law in firing Sessions. Trump spat on the law in firing Comey.

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[Neema]

1. "That was so many WTFs ago that you may find it hard to recall..."

That perfectly describes his entire presidency so far.

[angrychair]

2. Maybe two things...

“ Jeff Sessions did all of one honorable thing as attorney general. That was one too many for Trump.”

Maybe two things:
The first line of his resignation letter may have been crafted to try and prevent trump from putting a stooge like Whitaker in office:

At your request, I am submitting my resignation.

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...if the president ask you to “resign” than you are fired.

If he was fired than what trump did was against the law.