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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts) Sat Mar 11, 2017, 06:46 PM Mar 2017

Fed Prosecutor Is Fired After Refusing to Step Down as U.S. Attorney

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This is the US attorney tasked with investigating Trump's abuse of office as filed by CREW.

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Fed Prosecutor Is Fired After Refusing to Step Down as U.S. Attorney (Original Post) L. Coyote Mar 2017 OP

Apparently this prosecutor is bipartisan and loyal to no one Horse with no Name Mar 2017 #1

Heard on CNN earlier today: The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #2

Interesting dvelopment but unsurprising; part of their cover up triron Mar 2017 #3

Lordy wryter2000 Mar 2017 #4

Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)

1. Apparently this prosecutor is bipartisan and loyal to no one

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Sat Mar 11, 2017, 06:48 PM

Mar 2017

Trump only desires loyalists.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,806 posts)

2. Heard on CNN earlier today:

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Sat Mar 11, 2017, 06:57 PM

Mar 2017

Last edited Sat Mar 11, 2017, 08:20 PM - Edit history (1)

Somebody commented basically that Bharara is not someone to be messed with; he's very smart, very determined and no shrinking violet, and many people already expected him eventually to go into electoral politics. Trump just made a dangerous enemy.

triron

(22,011 posts)

3. Interesting dvelopment but unsurprising; part of their cover up

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Sat Mar 11, 2017, 07:01 PM

Mar 2017

wryter2000

(46,076 posts)

4. Lordy

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Sat Mar 11, 2017, 07:42 PM

Mar 2017

Can you say "Leon Jaworski?"

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