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'Stupefying': Former dep. ass't AG says Trump's loyalty demand to Rosenstein was 'straight thuggery'
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/stupefying-former-deputy-assistant-attorney-general-says-trumps-loyalty-demand-rosenstein-straight-thuggery/Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman slammed the latest reports of President Donald Trump demanding loyalty as “straight thuggery” during a Wednesday appearance on MSNBC with Chris Hayes.
“Harry, let me start with you, because you had you Rod Rosenstein’s job. I want to get your first person sense of how appropriate or inappropriate or unusual it would be to have that asked of you in this circumstance,” Hayes questioned.
“Stupefying,” Litman responded.
“I was a kid at the Department with Rod Rosenstein during the infancy of the Starr investigation. If anything like that had come from the White House, it would have sent shock waves through the building,” Litman suggested.
“This was the President of the United States — the boss of Rosenstein — with a proven track record of firing people he doesn’t consider to be loyal and the main suspect in a criminal investigation, looking him in the eye and ‘saying are you on my team?’ That’s like straight thuggery plain and simple,” Litman charged.
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“Harry, let me start with you, because you had you Rod Rosenstein’s job. I want to get your first person sense of how appropriate or inappropriate or unusual it would be to have that asked of you in this circumstance,” Hayes questioned.
“Stupefying,” Litman responded.
“I was a kid at the Department with Rod Rosenstein during the infancy of the Starr investigation. If anything like that had come from the White House, it would have sent shock waves through the building,” Litman suggested.
“This was the President of the United States — the boss of Rosenstein — with a proven track record of firing people he doesn’t consider to be loyal and the main suspect in a criminal investigation, looking him in the eye and ‘saying are you on my team?’ That’s like straight thuggery plain and simple,” Litman charged.
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