Rep. Chris Stewart joins other Republicans in calling for Sessions to step down

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

GOP Rep. Chris Stewart, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, joined the growing list of Republicans calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign.

"This is hard for me, it really is, because I think Jeff Sessions is one of the most honorable men in Washington, D.C.," Stewart told CNN's Wolf Blitzer Friday afternoon. "But we have been weakened in our investigation into very important concerns at the Department of Justice and the FBI. Jeff Sessions is not able to take the reins and direct that investigation."

He continued: "We need the director there who can take the reins and be assertive in that. He can't do that when he is recused. I believe it may be time for him to step aside."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/05/politics/chris-stewart-jeff-sessions-russia/index.html

[Chemisse]

1. This will clear the way for firing Mueller, I fear. n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

2. If they fire Mueller

all holy hell is going to break loose

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. You mean "more" holy hell, ...

... more than we already have? Will we notice the outraged speeches by various Dems?

I think the Russia thing will just get old, stale, and disappear, if Mueller gets fired. There is nobody to take up the work.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. There would be a school of thought that says

this Wolff book, damning though it is, is a sea change for the momentum and for public opinion, that it might "bottom" the administration's popularity and get the worst behind it, sort of a ju-jitsu blow to break up the focus and pressure.

Don't know.

[pnwmom]

5. They just don't have to fire Mueller. Just tie his hands and gag him. n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Rule of Law will not go away

More than half of the country knows we stand at the edge of an abyss. America and democracy make a stand here, or it will be taken from us. The ruling elites trying to steal everything have to be made to understand that. Americans are a lot of thing, they are not going to go peacefully and quietly. They rebel, they demonstrate, they organize. Silencing a country of vast geographic area would be costly. Could Trump pull it off?

[Jarqui]

21. There will be plenty of howling but since the GOP

control everything, howling is all we will hear.

With that out of the way, the GOP can claim an inconclusive investigation and go back to work with the Russians and any other country that wants a piece of the action on stealing the 2018 election so the GOP can hang on to power without scrutiny ...

MAGA for the billionaires oligarchy

[oberliner]

3. It couldn't be more obvious

That is clearly the direction things are headed in.

[rurallib]

15. Bingo - they want the investigation stopped ASAP

[Akoto]

24. I can think of no clearer trigger for obstruction of justice charges. n/t

[Chemisse]

31. Agreed. But who will file them?

They'd replace Mueller with a compliant 'loyalist.'

Please tell me I'm wrong; I am rather depressed about all this right now.

[Dr_Pretorius]

32. Mueller better hurry the fuck up

before Emeperor Heelspurs and his cowardly gang of morons, with a majority in the House and Senate, scuttle the investigation.

[Blue_Adept]

6. He lost me at calling Sessions honorable

[RKP5637]

9. Yeah, same here! n/t

[Liberalagogo]

7. "... because I think Jeff Sessions is one of the most honorable men in Washington, D.C."

That statement speaks VOLUMES. Not in the way that that dumbass Stewart intends though.

[Iliyah]

10. GOPers want to replace Sessions with a DOJ who will shut down

Mueller and arrest all of their political opposition. These people are traitors.

[Maeve]

11. If Jeffie is one of the most honorable men in DC, that town is due to be blasted

[ProudLib72]

12. STFU You treasonous carbuncle on the anus of democracy!

Fuck you straight to hell.

[bronxiteforever]

13. Cover upGOP make these creeps lose their jobs in 2018

[DeminPennswoods]

14. Does McConnell even have 51 senators right now?

McCain was back in AZ recovering from chemo and Cochran has been in and out of the hospital. If Sessions were to resign or be fired, I don't think McConnell has an effective majority to get a replacement confirmed.

[magicarpet]

19. Confirmation not required....

Last edited Sat Jan 6, 2018, 12:07 PM - Edit history (1)

STAND TO BE CORRECTED......
Reconfirmation of Pruitt to move from EPA to Atty. General WOULD be required.

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Scott Pruitt will be moved from EPA - inter cabinet move - confirmation not needed.
(Assumption incorrect - re-confirmation would be required by the Senate.)

(snip)

Now, it looks like something else may be afoot: 

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is reportedly interested in becoming President Trump’s attorney general, associates close to Pruitt told Politico.

(end Snip)

https://www.redstate.com/arbogast/2018/01/05/wow-scott-pruitt-looking-help-oust-jeff-sessions/

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(snip)

Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has told friends and associates that he’s interested in becoming attorney general, according to three people familiar with the internal discussions.

With rumors swirling that Jeff Sessions could depart the administration and two members of the House Freedom Caucus calling on the former Alabama senator to resign, Pruitt is quietly positioning himself as a possible candidate for the job.

(end Snip)

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/05/scott-pruitt-us-attorney-general-position-326373

[DeminPennswoods]

30. He'd still have to be confirmed by the Senate

The US Attys that were just appointed by Sessions have to be confirmed as well.

[bluestarone]

17. it's happening

tRump is definitly going to fire him, ( in my thoughts!) Then can he appoint temp att General? until the senate approves one? It's going to BLOW SKY HIGH!!!!!

[Loki Liesmith]

26. No

[irisblue]

18. No state no party affiliation listed. Well CNN?

[Drunken Irishman]

20. Utah - Republican.

[irisblue]

22. I found this after a Google search Should not this be info they report when they publish the article

[Drunken Irishman]

28. Well GOP is the first word of the article.

Though his state isn't mentioned.

[JohnnyRingo]

23. I read into it that he doesn't want to end the investigation...

Stewart and other republicans want Sessions to steer the investigation away from Trump and his collusion into finding how Democrats can be implicated for anything from election fraud to illegal funneling of cash into The Clinton Foundation. Then there's there's the emails...

That doesn't rise to the obvious obstruction that firing Mueller and ending the investigation brings, but changes the scope to looking into democrats. Sessions can't do that while he's recused.

[mpcamb]

25. Sessions is up to his neck in Russian collusion. He's doing headstands to try to get himself out...

Out of harms way.
This ridiculous house of cards is on the brink of collapse.
The emperor has no clothes on.
It will all happen following a pointless, protracted court case.
But, it's likely done.
My strongest hope is that the Dems have the spine to put this scum-
flake in jail for the evil and treason he brought us all.
Trump, too.

[JDC]

27. Are any Senators calling for this or is it all house reps?

I think that The House has completely gone ape-shit crazy. Ryan is a seriously shit excuse for a speaker.

[Sunlei]

29. Sessons should have never been approved for his position.