Fox's Greg Jarrett launches new smear against Rosenstein to try to help Trump

[highplainsdem]

Jarrett hadn't tweeted for a month. His last tweets were slamming the Wolff book's report that Bannon had said Trump Jr meeting with Russians at Trump Tower was treasonous.

And now these tweets, this morning:

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Abuse of power continues still at the Department of Justice. As I reported last night on Hannity, a highly reliable congressional source tells me that 3 weeks ago, on January 10, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein used the power of his office to threaten Members of Congress.

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In a meeting with Chairman Devin Nunes, FBI Director Christopher Wray and others, the source says that Rosenstein threatened to subpoena the texts and emails of Congress because he was”tired of dealing with the Intelligence Committee.” If true, Rosenstein must resign or be fired

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It is a crime for a government official to use his office to threaten anyone, including a member of Congress, for exercising a constitutionally protected right. See 18 USC 242 and other similar abuse of power statutes.

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Nunes was exercising his constitutional oversight authority by investigating alleged wrongdoing in the FBI and DOJ. Rosenstein, according to the source, threatened to use his power to retaliate against Nunes and others in an effort to intimidate them and stop their legal efforts

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Again, if true, Rosenstein’s action was an illegal abuse of power and he should no longer serve as Deputy Attorney General. He allegedly used threats to try to stop the Intelligence Committee from exposing wrongful behavior in an attempt to cover it up.

[oberliner]

1. Rosenstein will be fired by Friday

[quartz007]

2. Which Friday?

Yesterday was no firing. But more Friday's are coming!
How about Good Friday?

[oberliner]

3. The one coming up

[dawg day]

26. I think Trump is just going to imply....

He's always doing that, hinting to his stupid base that he's going to do something dastardly, and then hinting again, and then jerking off to something else.

[Arazi]

18. I have this Tuesday in a betting pool

[underpants]

4. Again, if true...we're talking about Greg Jarrett reporting on Hannity's show

[TubbersUK]

5. I'm assuming that Nunes was his 'highly reliable' source. n/t

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[highplainsdem]

7. My guess, too.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

6. FOX is now TRUMP TV.....

Shepard Smith's days are numbered if he is the only "sane" voice and presence who does not trumpet Trump all day long.

Just saying.

[tblue37]

19. Every now and then Chris Wallace slips and lets out some truth, too. nt

[C_U_L8R]

8. A mind is a horrible thing to waste

They've lost it. Absolutely mindless shark-jumping dribble.

[Tatiana]

9. If this doesn't prove the point that the Faux Network is also a Russian asset...

I don't know what will. The goal of every American patriot should be to get it off our airwaves. They represent a threat to our national security and the "reporters" pushing this propaganda should face consequences for their traitorous behavior.

I'm happy Rosenstein refuses to resign. I believe he is hoping that if he is fired, it will be the trigger to push people out of their seats and into the streets. Trump's strategy is to get rid of everyone surrounding (protecting) Mueller because he is too afraid to take on Mueller himself. Notice SCROTUS never directly impugns Mueller the way he does all of the other public servants he bullies.

[writerJT]

10. The Gregg Jarrett mugshot and arrest video

One story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usanow/2014/05/22/fox-news-anchor-arrested/9427551/



Fox News Network anchor Gregg Jarrett, who was arrested in a bar at Minneapolis-St.Paul Airport, may have been under the influence of medication. Police found gabapentin pills in his pocket, according to the report. When officers searched Jarrett's bag it was revealed he was recently released from an alcohol and chemical dependency treatment facility.

[mr_lebowski]

14. Gabapentin is quite helpful during opioid withdrawals - non-opioid that eases some of the discomfort

AKA Neurontin, it's chemically-similar but a milder version of the drug Lyrica ... It takes the edge off the extreme nerve pain you feel.

Clonidine (not Klonopin, the addictive Benzo) is also often administered ... it's a High BP medication but has some mild sedative-like effects. Withdrawals cause BP to shoot up to a level that you actually 'feel it' ... so Clonidine helps there.

Muscle relaxers like Methacarbamol or Flexeril are also common 'helper' drugs.

If you're really lucky/the docs trust you/you aren't also a benzo addict ... you'll maybe be treated to some Ambien at night which is absolute godsend because you absolutely CANNOT SLEEP for like 4-5 straight days unless have something STRONG like Ambien to clobber you to sleep. So you're in absolute writhing agony for days on end ... with no break in the action ... no hope of sleep ... and after a while the sleeplessness becomes the very most annoying symptom.

I think it's unlikely that Jarrett was messed up enough on Gabapentin alone to get himself arrested. It's not a particularly psychoactive drug and doesn't produce drunk-like symptoms ... although I suppose if one were to OD oneself on it who knows. Or ... to mix it with a buncha booze ...

[Sneederbunk]

28. The officers don't look like the Deep State. But close enough for Jarrett.

[Yavin4]

35. If he were Black, he'd be dead as a door nail. n/t

[oasis]

37. Jarrett definitely had a "You apparently don't know who I am" attitude.

Lucky I wasn't on duty at that lockup.

[left-of-center2012]

11. "if true ..." "allegedly"

Greg Jarrett covering his ass.

[madville]

12. If that is true

He is done. Sounds a little outlandish but could be possible.

It will probably be looked into by the special counsel that Sessions appoints after the OIG report is released. Rosenstein has to figure he's going to be under investigation at this point, don't give them easy leverage to turn you against the others.

[makokun]

21. Healthy skepticism

I agree. I’m skeptical of anyone vested with power due to 1.) human nature, and 2.) the corrupting nature of power.

I think we should be wary of EVERYONE with power for exactly those reasons.

[onenote]

13. I call bullshit.

In fact, the document demanding was in the other direction. Nunes wanted the FBI to turn over documents to the intelligence committee and was threatening the FBI with contempt of congress. An agreement regarding the documents was reached in early January.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/03/politics/rod-rosenstein-house-intel-russia/index.html


And even though Greg Jarrett is a lawyer, he apparently doesn't know squat about 18 USC 242.

[highplainsdem]

36. So do I. Doesn't sound like Rosenstein. And IF it had happened Nunes would have immediately

screamed bloody murder about it to any RW outlet that would listen. No way this would have been kept quiet for weeks.

No, this is a story that Nunes and allies made up, a backup plan if their overhyped memo doesn't provide Trump enough cover for firing Rosenstein.

[makokun]

22. What about intent?

Hypothetical or not, if that happened his intentions would be suspect at a minimum.

I’m not overflowing with trust for any of these groups right now.

[Kirk Lover]

16. I tweeted that he's a lot more fun when he's drunk, and getting arrested. He's also a lot more

coherent too.

[spanone]

17. Bwahahahaaa the last tweet asks....'IF TRUE' ....end. of. game.

the only abuse i see here is abuse of the first amendment

[highplainsdem]

20. Jarrett tweeted a few hours later to say he now has a second source for the story:

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[makokun]

23. Dead man walking

Sounds like Rosenstein days are shortly numbered now.

[oberliner]

24. Yep

Possibly even this weekend.

[highplainsdem]

25. It'll be interesting to see if Trump says anything about this. Btw, so far no credible media source

is confirming Jarrett's "scoop" -- though RW fringe media sites are picking up on his story and so deplorables are tweeting about it.

[wasupaloopa]

27. All these little men sucking the pimples on trumps fat ass. He doesn't give a shit about them.

What motivates them.

They either have skeletons in their closets or they are being paid a lot of money because it sure in hell iisn't loyalty.

[leftynyc]

41. I read an interesting theory on that

We had all heard before that Russia hacked BOTH party's emails but released only Hillary's. The theory is that putin is using theirs to keep them in line. It would certainly explain them all lining up to kiss donnies ass.

[highplainsdem]

29. Moron Jr. tweeted about this today:

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[radius777]

30. Nunes memo was a dud, Trump doesn't have the cover

to fire Rosenstein that he thought it would give him, the MSM has seen through the whole thing as a ploy to derail Mueller and suppress the truth about a stolen election.

If Trump fires Rosenstein all hell will break loose, he would be signing his own impeachment papers...

[Ferrets are Cool]

31. ...

"It is a crime for a government official to use his office to threaten anyone, including a member of Congress, for exercising a constitutionally protected right. See 18 USC 242 and other similar abuse of power statutes."

UNLESS THE PRESIDENT DOES IT ON TWITTER, RIGHT?

You hypocritical twit.

[RandomAccess]

32. Absolutely monstrous

[highplainsdem]

33. Gorka's tweeting about this:

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[oasis]

34. Jarrett's next fuck up will land him in jail w/his pal Nunes.

They can play one dimensional CHECKERS.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

38. Dirty Donald's conspiracy echo chamber gets more rabid by the day.

We must find some way to bring Faux News down before it destroys us.

.................

[pbmus]

39. Why should I give two shits what this washed up junkie says

He is a virus waiting to die...

[lamp_shade]

40. Politifact - Gregg Jarrett's File....

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/gregg-jarrett/

[HappyBeing]

42. DAG Rosentstein has probable cause.

The release of FBI text messages to the media was an unprecedented break of an Inspector General rule regarding evidence in an ongoing investigation.

DOJ has released the texts only to the House IC. Any texts that have been published by the media that were not part of the original release has probably been leaked by a member of the committee.

[highplainsdem]

43. As far as I can tell checking Twitter & Google News, Jarrett's smear isn't getting any traction

beyond the deplorables and RWNJ sites like WND.com.

Which is good news so far.

Of course Trump could change that with a tweet or retweet, but so far he hasn't, despite Moron Jr tweeting about it.