Nadler: Rosenstein Ouster Would Add To 'Slow Motion Saturday Night Massacre'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By Matt Shuham
September 24, 2018 12:03 pm

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said Monday that the possible ouster of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is “another step that would be evidence” toward concluding that the President has obstructed justice.

“This started with the firing of Comey, the firing of McCabe, the incessant attacks on Attorney General Sessions, the incessant attacks on the FBI, on people like Bruce Ohr, on others, the incessant attacks on the institutions that we depend on to do our police work and protect the integrity of our system,” Nadler told CNN’s Kate Bolduan as news of Rosenstein’s uncertain future developed. “And this is, I think, just another step in the unfolding slow motion Saturday night massacre,” he added.

Asked if Rosenstein’s ouster could be obstruction of justice, Nadler said, “I think that’s another step that would be evidence toward that conclusion.”

And, should Rosenstein depart, Nadler said, there will be a danger, “obviously,” that “whoever supervises Mueller could act in such a way as to impede that investigation in different ways.”

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[Trust Buster]

1. And that is why I hope Rosenstein was not foolish enough to formally resign.

[SunSeeker]

5. Unfortunately, his next in line replacement upon firing is Noel Francisco, a right wing stooge.

He was on the ground to help block the Florida recount. And has claimed the FBI and intelligence communities were too soft on Clinton and unfair to Republicans.

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/1798249

[empedocles]

2. Rosenstein, Sessions, DOJ next in line, Mueller, Dem rescue squads, etc.

Have all had plenty of time and resources to prepare, anticipate, game out, these kind of things.

We'll soon see what the next steps are.

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. Nadlers take on this resigning, firing, Rosenstein is someone I have been waiting to

hear from before jumping the gun..the media has been wrong before...just like the hit piece in the NYT...

[iluvtennis]

4. No coincidence that this is happening on the heels of Paul Manafort cooperating with Team Mueller

Trump is despicable and thinks he is above the law. We gotta get the congress in November and flush this trumpty POS down the toilet.