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riversedge

(69,720 posts)
Sun Sep 23, 2018, 06:29 PM Sep 2018

Trump points finger at Sessions for Rosenstein controversy

Source: msn.com



Samuel Chamberlain 1 hr ago



President Trump appeared to blame Attorney General Jeff Sessions for the latest controversy surrounding Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Sunday, saying that Sessions had "hired" Rosenstein to be his second-in-command.

"He was hired by Jeff Sessions," Trump said in an interview with "The Geraldo Show" on WTAM radio. "I was not involved in that process because, you know, they go out and get their own deputies and the people that work in the department."


Trump announced on Jan. 31, 2017 he would nominate Rosenstein to be deputy attorney general. The Senate confirmed him that April...........................

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Sessions must love his power so much that he is willing to put up with this continuous cyber-bullying by Trump!!







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President Trump on Sunday shifted his focus to Attorney General Jeff Sessions when asked about a report that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein proposed secretly recording the president and recruiting Cabinet officials to invoke the 25th Amendment.

"He was hired by Jeff Sessions," Trump told Geraldo Rivera in an interview with "The Geraldo Show" on WTAM radio, according to Fox News.

"I was not involved in that process because, you know, they go out and get their own deputies and the people that work in the department," Trump added. The full interview is scheduled to air on Monday.

Trump told Rivera that The New York Times report about Rosenstein was a "very sad story," and indicated the administration will "make a determination" about what to do next.

The president's decision to seemingly shift the focus on Sessions marks the latest in a long line of attacks against the attorney general. Trump last week told Hill.TV that it was as if he didn't have an attorney general, and indicating he nominated the former Alabama senator for the position out of loyalty.

Trump has regularly excoriated Sessions for recusing himself from overseeing the investigation into Russian interference, a probe that Rosenstein is now overseeing as a result.
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Snellius

(6,881 posts)
1. Oh my. Not the pointing finger of Little Fingers
Sun Sep 23, 2018, 06:43 PM
Sep 2018

Has anyone told President White Bread yet that he's burnt toast?

jcgoldie

(11,584 posts)
2. Donald Trump is such a tremendous asshole that...
Sun Sep 23, 2018, 06:44 PM
Sep 2018

He can make me ALMOST feel sorry for an utter and complete piece of shit like Jeff Sessions. It's mind boggling.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,276 posts)
3. Um, no, Spanky. You hired him yourself.
Sun Sep 23, 2018, 06:46 PM
Sep 2018
President Donald Trump nominated Rosenstein to serve as Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice on February 1, 2017. He was one of the 46 United States Attorneys ordered on March 10, 2017, to resign by Attorney General Jeff Sessions; Trump declined his resignation. Rosenstein was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 25, 2017.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Rosenstein

vsrazdem

(2,176 posts)
9. But did he really. He probably doesn't even know.
Sun Sep 23, 2018, 07:46 PM
Sep 2018

I'm not sure he did. Whoever is really running the country is probably the one who told him what name to give and he doesn't even remember, because I truly believe he is not the one making the decisions, except on the WALL and trade. Everything else is being coordinated by others.

paleotn

(17,778 posts)
6. He's not firing Rosenstein or Sessions
Sun Sep 23, 2018, 07:06 PM
Sep 2018

after Rosenstein met with him, he dropped the idea of releasing documents around the Page investigation like a hot potato. Whatever it was, it apparently scared the shit out of him. Mangofuhrer was all fired up about releasing the docs....and all of a sudden he dropped the whole damn thing. Hmmmm.

Snellius

(6,881 posts)
8. And the weaker he looks.
Sun Sep 23, 2018, 07:13 PM
Sep 2018

All this bombastic finger pointing then just firing blanks just makes him look like a flaccid loser. Where's all that MAGA mojo?

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
7. Can somebody track down Billy Mumy (Anthony)
Sun Sep 23, 2018, 07:11 PM
Sep 2018

and have him wish this jerk into the cornfield???

I am so sick of this creep and his antics.

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
10. Sessions could still be working to shield Trump though and the whole
Sun Sep 23, 2018, 08:31 PM
Sep 2018

"I am angry at Jeff Sessions" Trump is engaged in could simply be a cover.

Nitram

(22,671 posts)
13. Trump's strategy is to keep denigrating Sessions and telling him to do things he can't do until he
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 10:57 AM
Sep 2018

gives up and either resigns, or just does what he's told.

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)
15. Has anyone seen or heard from Sessions lately?
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 01:55 PM
Sep 2018

Sessions must be laying extra low these days.

Don’t ya know he wishes he’d never left the senate. I don’t feel one bit sorry for the racist little elf, though.

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