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Doodley

(9,088 posts)
Tue Jul 25, 2017, 10:11 AM Jul 2017

Dear Jeff Sessions, please feel free to use my media statement for your own purposes:

This is the kind of media statement Jeff Sessions needs to write:

1/ To save his own job
2/ To assert his authority
3/ To put Trump in his place



On March 2, 2017, I recused myself from all investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for President of the United States. In doing so, it enabled the appointment by the deputy Attorney General, without my involvement, of a special counsel to investigate any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the election campaign of the president.

Since this time, the president has publicly expressed his dissatisfaction that I recused myself from investigations related to the presidential campaigns. If I had not recused myself, the president would be in a position to order me to fire the special counsel, of whom he has been publicly critical. In recent days, it seems that the president has been intent on insulting me, perhaps in order to prompt my resignation, thereby enabling the installation of a new Attorney General who would be able to fire the special council at the president’s command and cease investigations into links between Russia and the presidential campaign.

As the United States Attorney General, I am responsible for the Department of Justice and the law enforcement. Although I have recused myself from matters now being investigated related to the presidential election campaign, I have instructed that all attempts to pervert the course of justice should be pursued vigorously. I intend to focus on my job of serving the American people to the best of my abilities, and I suggest that the president does the same.

Jeff Sessions
United States Attorney General



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Dear Jeff Sessions, please feel free to use my media statement for your own purposes: (Original Post) Doodley Jul 2017 OP
Yeah, MyOwnPeace Jul 2017 #1

MyOwnPeace

(16,926 posts)
1. Yeah,
Tue Jul 25, 2017, 10:14 AM
Jul 2017

he'll release that, just as soon as he completes the investigation of the O.J. Simpson murders, with, of course, OJ helping to find who "really" did it!

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