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Attorney General Jeff Sessions cant stop meddling in matters that violate his recusal for conflict of interest.
I previously covered how Sessions involvement in the firing of former FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe appears to have violated his pledge to recuse himself from all Justice Department matters related to the 2016 campaign. Now, Sessions announced that hes assigned a prosecutor to specifically investigate the FBIs conduct during the campaign in what would appear to be another clear violation of his recusal.
Surprisingly, most outlets didnt emphasize the brazen nature of Sessions refusal to abide by his own recusal. Instead, headlines at CNN, the New York Times and NPR all emphasized the fact that Sessions is not appointing a special counsel.
But the obsession with a special counseldriven by calls from Republican lawmakersis ridiculous. As Sessions notes, a special counsel is only needed in extraordinary circumstance, such as when the president himself is the subject of an investigation. The reason Republican lawmakers want a special counsel to investigate the FBI is that it would help make the case that the allegations against the bureau are at least as serious the allegations against the Trump team.
This is nothing short of gratuitous politicization of law enforcement.
It may be true that the FBI should have a dedicated investigation of its own conduct during the campaigncertainly, questions about the bureaus decisions have been raised on both sides of the aisle. But the fact that Sessions, who was deeply involved in Trumps campaign, appointed the prosecutor to look into the matter completely taints the issue.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/jeff-sessions-blatantly-violating-mueller-investigation-recusal-corporate-media-barely-noticed/
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Will end up in jail for all he's done.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)or important opinions from Rosanne Barr or Ted Nugent to provide any useful information on the death spiral of Democracy we are experiencing.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)What's one more? As long as the Republicans are part of the Russian takeover, there's not much we can do. The Dems have done what they can.
BSdetect
(8,999 posts)maddiemom
(5,106 posts)Call Ken Starr!
uponit7771
(90,370 posts)CozyMystery
(652 posts)I am pretty sure NYT and Wapo have a link for that on the homepage of their websites and others surely do to.
If we can get lots of people to send in news tips like this, maybe the flooding of requests will cause the media to report on stories like this.
At the very least, it will be annoy them.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Of unscrupulous puppeteer corporate controllers.
Those factions have done a cowardly disservice to truth, the public and news for years.