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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on April 15, 2018, 03:01:35 pm
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Susan Collins: The Senate won't confirm a replacement for Rod Rosenstein who will kill Russia probe
by Kyle Feldscher
| April 15, 2018 10:31 AM
Maine Sen. Susan Collins promised the Senate would not confirm a replacement for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein if that individual would not commit to continuing the Russia investigation.
Collins, R-Maine, said on ABC’s “This Week†that if President Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller and his boss, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, to end the Russia probe, the Senate won’t allow the investigation to stop.
“Only the deputy attorney general with fire him. That ... investigation is still going to go on,†Collins said. “So, it would not spell the end of the investigation. If a new deputy attorney general were nominated by the president, I cannot imagine the Senate confirming that individual without a clear commitment to appoint a new independent counsel.â€
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/susan-collins-the-senate-wont-confirm-a-replacement-for-rod-rosenstein-who-will-kill-russia-probe (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/susan-collins-the-senate-wont-confirm-a-replacement-for-rod-rosenstein-who-will-kill-russia-probe)
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Thats fine, as long as their replacement is interested in pursuing actual justice and not being a clown inquisitor presiding over a clown court.
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The person can do anything they want after confirmation. His/Her pinky swear isn’t binding.
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The person can do anything they want after confirmation. His/Her pinky swear isn’t binding.
Seems rather wrong, doesn't it.
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Seems rather wrong, doesn't it.
It’s only wrong for President Trump’s nominees. Get with the program.
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So what? It would get the bad apples out of the barrel, and that's half the fight.
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“Only the deputy attorney general with fire him. That ... investigation is still going to go on,†Collins said.
Several things:
It was nice of her to tell the future nominee what they "must say" to be approved. Saying what you will do means nothing.
The Senator is way, way, behind the times. Currently there is no "Russia investigation". Even Mueller wants to wrap that up. Now, Mueller is simply 'fishing' and flailing about like the Ghestapo, looking for 'anything' to pin on anybody directly or indirectly connected to Trump or his administration. The investigation as it was chartered is already over. All that is left of it is the death throes of a failed coup attempt.
Theoretically, there isn't supposed to be a litmus test for nominees, in the sense that Congressmen say, "I will vote for you but only if you pre-agree to do XYZ. That's not the way the nomination process is supposed to work. But of course today, with Trump, laws rules and traditions, no longer matter.
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“Only the deputy attorney general with fire him. That ... investigation is still going to go on,†Collins said.
Several things:
It was nice of her to tell the future nominee what they "must say" to be approved. Saying what you will do means nothing.
The Senator is way, way, behind the times. Currently there is no "Russia investigation". Even Mueller wants to wrap that up. Now, Mueller is simply 'fishing' and flailing about like the Ghestapo, looking for 'anything' to pin on anybody directly or indirectly connected to Trump or his administration. The investigation as it was chartered is already over. All that is left of it is the death throes of a failed coup attempt.
Theoretically, there isn't supposed to be a litmus test for nominees, in the sense that Congressmen say, "I will vote for you but only if you pre-agree to do XYZ. That's not the way the nomination process is supposed to work. But of course today, with Trump, laws rules and traditions, no longer matter.
Except that.... Susan Collins has been a sellout, RINO POS way before Trump decided to run. She is just running true to form. JS....
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“Only the deputy attorney general with fire him. That ... investigation is still going to go on,†Collins said.
Several things:
It was nice of her to tell the future nominee what they "must say" to be approved. Saying what you will do means nothing.
The Senator is way, way, behind the times. Currently there is no "Russia investigation". Even Mueller wants to wrap that up. Now, Mueller is simply 'fishing' and flailing about like the Ghestapo, looking for 'anything' to pin on anybody directly or indirectly connected to Trump or his administration. The investigation as it was chartered is already over. All that is left of it is the death throes of a failed coup attempt.
Theoretically, there isn't supposed to be a litmus test for nominees, in the sense that Congressmen say, "I will vote for you but only if you pre-agree to do XYZ. That's not the way the nomination process is supposed to work. But of course today, with Trump, laws rules and traditions, no longer matter.
Demanding a Quid pro Quo from Executive nominees up for confirmation has been going on for many years when the Dems were in charge. Decades before Trump. What's new is Dems and Rinos declaring they won't confirm ANY nominees if the current office holders are fired.
When there were Democratic Presidents the Rinos sat back and said "The President deserve the nominees of his choice." This is how you got the idiots Obastard put on Scotus with large Republican majorities.
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Am wondering if the senate will also refuse to consider any Trump nominee for the USSC if there is a vacancy.
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They might, but that would be different because a SCOTUS vacancy would not have been created by a Trump firing. The Senate is trying to blackmail Trump into not firing Mueller and Rosenswine.
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What's new is Dems and Rinos declaring they won't confirm ANY nominees if the current office holders are fired.
OK. I'm good with that. I think/hope that Trump is coming to the same conclusion that I have come to. And that is that it makes no difference. If Sessions were fired tomorrow, not only would it make no difference in anything, I'm pretty sure no one would even notice. He is a ghost employee. Firing him means nothing.
There is no loss in his office being vacant, because it is vacant now. If Congress will not replace him, Who cares? What difference does it make?
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Oh Jeez not this crap again.
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OK. I'm good with that. I think/hope that Trump is coming to the same conclusion that I have come to. And that is that it makes no difference. If Sessions were fired tomorrow, not only would it make no difference in anything, I'm pretty sure no one would even notice. He is ghost employee. Firing him means nothing.
There is no loss in his office being vacant, because it is vacant now. If Congress will not replace him, Who cares? What difference does it make?
Depends on who the interim director would be. If Trump fired just Sessions, that would be Rosenswine.
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Depends on who the interim director would be. If Trump fired just Sessions, that would be Rosenswine.
Rosenstein is already running the DOJ, in the absence of Sessions. Sessions is locked in his office hiding under his desk. He wants nothing to do with nothing. Rosenstein is currently filling the gap. Again, firing Sessions would make no difference. It would change nothing. Whether Sessions is replaced or not.
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It is the basic Peter Principal. Session has surpassed his level of incompetence by 100 levels. He needs to go back to where he came from, a small fish in a small pond. That is where he belongs. That is where he is comfortable.
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Rosenstein is already running the DOJ, in the absence of Sessions. Sessions is locked in his office hiding under his desk. He wants nothing to do with nothing. Rosenstein is currently filling the gap. Again, firing Sessions would make no difference. It would change nothing. Whether Sessions is replaced or not.
...which is why this story is about Collins' threat to oppose Rosenswine's replacement, not Sessions'.
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President Trump has been betrayed by the Republicans. This Salem witch hunt will continue. He will not fire anyone except perhaps Sessions, who should have been fired the same day he recused himself. Sessions is the swamp's inside man. Mueller by the way, is far worse than the Gestapo. The Gestapo answered to Hitler and Himmler. Mueller answers to no one. How could Rosenstein sit back and allow this investigation continue unless he is part of the globalists that want to end Trump?
No mystery whatsoever. The globalists have made their objective clear, and Trump and Brexit are merely bumps in the road. Unless we as a nation declare it treason to push the globalist agenda, we have lost our sovereignty. For those of you old enough to remember the mindset toward communism in the 40s and 50s, we need to have that same mindset multiplied by a huge factor regarding the globalist agenda. It is in no one's interest other than the super rich globalists to pursue that path.
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President Trump has been betrayed by the Republicans. This Salem witch hunt will continue. He will not fire anyone except perhaps Sessions, who should have been fired the same day he recused himself. Sessions is the swamp's inside man. Mueller by the way, is far worse than the Gestapo. The Gestapo answered to Hitler and Himmler. Mueller answers to no one. How could Rosenstein sit back and allow this investigation continue unless he is part of the globalists that want to end Trump?
No mystery whatsoever. The globalists have made their objective clear, and Trump and Brexit are merely bumps in the road. Unless we as a nation declare it treason to push the globalist agenda, we have lost our sovereignty. For those of you old enough to remember the mindset toward communism in the 40s and 50s, we need to have that same mindset multiplied by a huge factor regarding the globalist agenda. It is in no one's interest other than the super rich globalists to pursue that path.
Spot-on.
And...
welcome to the forum. ^-^
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The person can do anything they want after confirmation. His/Her pinky swear isn’t binding.
I would hope that the person Trump or Sessions would appoint wouldn't have connections to the same corruption that they're investigating. As for Collins, she's nothing more than a leftist liberal mental midget. Get rid of Rosenstein (Sessions can go to) and start draining the darn swamp.
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President Trump has been betrayed by the Republicans. This Salem witch hunt will continue. He will not fire anyone except perhaps Sessions, who should have been fired the same day he recused himself. Sessions is the swamp's inside man. Mueller by the way, is far worse than the Gestapo. The Gestapo answered to Hitler and Himmler. Mueller answers to no one. How could Rosenstein sit back and allow this investigation continue unless he is part of the globalists that want to end Trump?
No mystery whatsoever. The globalists have made their objective clear, and Trump and Brexit are merely bumps in the road. Unless we as a nation declare it treason to push the globalist agenda, we have lost our sovereignty. For those of you old enough to remember the mindset toward communism in the 40s and 50s, we need to have that same mindset multiplied by a huge factor regarding the globalist agenda. It is in no one's interest other than the super rich globalists to pursue that path.
You are absolutely correct and welcome to the Briefing Room. Yes Sessions should have been fired long ago, but keep in mind that it was Trump who appointed Rosenstein who in turn appointed Mueller. Either Trump didn't do his homework or someone (my hunch is Kushner) gave Trump some very, very bad advice. Both Rosenstein and Mueller had a working relationship with Clinton and Bammy and are both involved in Uranium One.
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Susan Collins is a worthless Rat who speaks like she has severe brain damage. I hope she loses in '20.
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Susan Collins is a worthless Rat who speaks like she has severe brain damage. I hope she loses in '20.
She has spasmodic dysphonia. Everyone talks like that On Golden Pond. Scott Adams had surgery for it.
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So what if Trump just waits until the next recess?
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So what if Trump just waits until the next recess?
They have parliamentary procedures to keep someone around so they’re not in full recess.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/02/18/republicans-have-weapon-to-stop-obama-recess-appointment.html (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/02/18/republicans-have-weapon-to-stop-obama-recess-appointment.html)
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They have parliamentary procedures to keep someone around so they’re not in full recess.
That's sometimes. I would imagine they do the Pro Forma thing just for Trump, though.
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Title:
"Susan Collins: The Senate won't confirm a replacement for Rod Rosenstein who will kill Russia probe"
No problemo.
Just recess-appoint someone who will then get the job done.
Let the Senate take up the matter of the appointee when it reconvenes.
There's all kinds a ways to skin your cat down in DeeCee.
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They have parliamentary procedures to keep someone around so they’re not in full recess.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/02/18/republicans-have-weapon-to-stop-obama-recess-appointment.html (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/02/18/republicans-have-weapon-to-stop-obama-recess-appointment.html)
Geez, you would think the Pubs aren't in the majority.
What good are they if they won't back the head of their party, especially when all the investigations stem from a phony allegation concocted by the Rats.
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The RINO's in DC; GOP and DEM are telling Trump not to fire Rosenstein and Mueller; all the more reason Trump needs to fire them!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/15/republican-leaders-warn-trump-against-firing-mueller-rosenstein/518569002/ (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/15/republican-leaders-warn-trump-against-firing-mueller-rosenstein/518569002/)
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The RINO's in DC; GOP and DEM are telling Trump not to fire Rosenstein and Mueller; all the more reason Trump needs to fire them!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/15/republican-leaders-warn-trump-against-firing-mueller-rosenstein/518569002/ (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/15/republican-leaders-warn-trump-against-firing-mueller-rosenstein/518569002/)
I agree. Cut the gordian knot, let the chips fall.
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Thats fine, as long as their replacement is interested in pursuing actual justice and not being a clown inquisitor presiding over a clown court.
Hasn't the Russia thing been probed enough? If there was anything to find, it would have been found. It was simply an effort to destroy Trump in the beginning and now that Hillary is involved, I'm bored.