Trump's biggest mistake = Jeff Sessions. The timing is interesting as almost as soon as Jeffy took office he recused himself...almost on cue ... almost as if he was quickly bought and paid for.
libertybele I think you have read too many late night "witch hunt" tweets. Perhaps its FOX news over and over like a spinning wheel. I am not going to change your mind and I won't change mine either. I consider you a friend and I have many friends who would repeat the Trump mantra about Mueller and Session on their witch hunt. And the entire Republican party is divided over these matters. Good people like I know you are also. I can only speak for myself but there are good Republicans also who are pleading with the President not to fire Mueller or Sessions. They are good people, Republicans who have served this country. We need to reason.
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We Republicans must all speak out to protect the Mueller investigation
By Dick Thornburgh
June 8
Dick Thornburgh was U.S. attorney general from 1988 to 1991.
As a lifelong Republican, I am proud that my party has consistently revered the rule of law as a central tenet of our country’s values. I have been honored to serve under seven presidents, including as U.S. attorney general under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. I know from experience that the Justice Department effectively performs the awesome responsibility of enforcing our laws and assuring that justice is provided equally and fairly to all.
Many recent comments about special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and his investigation have been regrettable and undeserved. I was surprised to see President Trump’s lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, a respected former U.S. attorney, suggest this week that Mueller is “trying very, very hard to frame†the president, echoing comments made by the president himself that the investigation is “a Witch Hunt.†Those comments are the antithesis of who Mueller is and how he operates.
I know Bob Mueller as a colleague in law enforcement and as a friend, and I highly respect his judgment and moral compass. Mueller is the right person to investigate Russia’s apparent assault on our democracy. He possesses the skills and discipline necessary to perform his role, and his past leadership as head of the Justice Department’s criminal division and as director of the FBI leave no doubt as to his ability to evenhandedly conduct significant investigations. He is serious but not sensational and loyal to the rule of law.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-republicans-must-all-speak-out-to-protect-the-mueller-investigation/2018/06/08/486b7afe-6b3c-11e8-9e38-24e693b38637_story.html?utm_term=.275cff92c744I'm clinging to guns, religion and Robert Mueller: Lifelong Alabama conservative
Rick Hall, Opinion contributor Published 5:00 a.m. ET April 20, 2018 | Updated 4:28 p.m. ET April 22, 2018
Trump’s attack on the Robert Mueller investigation is wrong and fails to put America first. He doesn't get what made us great: We're a nation of laws.
I am an Alabamian and a lifelong conservative. I am 56, and have never voted for a Democrat in a presidential election. I am a white, middle-age attorney living and working where I was born. I’m an evangelical Christian. I am pro-life. I cling to my guns and religion.
Some may call me a “deplorable.†My life is a caricature of a Donald Trump supporter. But I am not. I never have been. From day one, I knew enough about his celebrity act, his business and personal practices, and his prior support of liberal causes to know he was not a person I would want as commander in chief.
President Trump has lived his entire life as a man to whom the rules do not apply, be they rules of polite behavior, rules of marital fidelity, rules against sexual campaign’s conduct, acting as a medieval king who is above the law and takes what he wants, answering to no one. When a man reveals his true character, believe him, and react accordingly.
Here’s my reaction: Trump’s attack on the investigation headed by special counsel Robert Mueller is wrong, and fails to put America first. He and his campaign are subject to scrutiny for wrongdoing, just like every other American. Far from the investigation being a disgrace as the president claims, it would be a disgrace to not thoroughly evaluate possible wrongdoing.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/04/20/republican-robert-mueller-rule-law-column/533969002/https://www.ruleoflawrepublicans.com/