Usually, as political appointees, every ag will be replaced upon a new party president. Usually there is a transition of a few months for the turnover, but Janet Reno did the same thing more or less as I understand it while Clinton was president.
Yeah I might have been a little hasty on that one.
The big difference here would be if they have open investigations against the administration
Yeah I might have been a little hasty on that one.
The big difference here would be if they have open investigations against the administration
The biggest difference here is what Bharara was asked to do. Bharara was the attorney that has jurisdiction over Trump's business and specifically the current Trump-Alfa bank email server. It seems he was previously allowed to stay on but after he was flooded with requests from watchdog groups to investigate Trumps business ties, he was fired. If the investigation was already started then this is huge problem as Trump will just replace him with someone more pliable. The timing of the discovery of Russian Alfa bank Trump tower server connection and firing of the attorney is too coincidental.
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Last week, watchdog groups asked Bharara to investigate Trump regarding foreign business deals, according to The Washington Post. The groups requested the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York look into whether the president had gotten benefits from foreign governments, in violation of the Emoluments Clause.
"I think that, again, what has been happening is that there is an air of distrust that has been brought on by President Trump himself," Cummings said Sunday.
"So I think that in part, the president has created this situation for himself. But yeah, sure, no doubt about it, when they asked about the Emoluments Clause and possible violations of it and the U.S. attorney's relationship to that, I think that had perhaps something to do with."
When pressed further on whether he thinks there might be a connection, Cummings said: "There very well may be."
I doubt it could happen, but it would be great if Obama could sue Trump, for his lies. from what I've heard, the worst that can happen when the wire tap accusations are proven false is, Trump has a credibility issue. What? Pretty sure he already has a credibility issue, and his followers have already proven, they're too stupid to be concerned about his obvious credibility issues. The GOP dummies seem to be able to overlook them.
Did someone take away his phone this weekend? Since he accused Obama of wiretapping him and his hilarious wrong Guantanamo bay statement he's been super quiet.
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Blah. I'm out hiking in the middle of nowhere just trying to get away from it all. Unfortunately ran into a group of loud Trump supporters talking about how the Dems lost and need to get over it; 911 happened because Clinton was getting it on with Monica- it never ends.
Should've asked them if they've been to Stampede yet, and then pulled out your pistol, and start waving it around.
Should've asked them if they've been to Stampede yet, and then pulled out your pistol, and start waving it around.
They probably don't even know where Calgary is.
On the other hand, a new guy joined our hiking group the other day. He said he was from Alberta. I asked "Calgary"?
He said no, north of there.
A bit later I overheard him tell another hiker that he's from Edmonton.
Jeez, why didn't he just say that in the first place. I told him would never speak to him again- due to him being from Edmonton AND being too much of a wuss to admit it.
That video made me empathize a great deal with Mr. Spicer.
Either he is working for Trump because he believes in what Trump is saying and doing, which makes him a bad person who should be mocked - or he is riding on Trump's coattails despite believing that Trump is an imbecile, and that makes him an even worse person.
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The thing with the removal of the prosecutors isn't so much they are removed as I understand that it can happen but rather just how unprofessional the administration is. You don't immediately remove a whole host of people leaving no time to transition. Heck they don't even have replacements lined up from what I can see. They did that with the ambassadors as well. Just said "you're done come home".
I guess I shouldn't say unprofessional as what they are doing is really dictatorship 101.
The thing with the removal of the prosecutors isn't so much they are removed as I understand that it can happen but rather just how unprofessional the administration is. You don't immediately remove a whole host of people leaving no time to transition. Heck they don't even have replacements lined up from what I can see. They did that with the ambassadors as well. Just said "you're done come home".
I guess I shouldn't say unprofessional as what they are doing is really dictatorship 101.
Wow, what an over-reaction by you. This is not even a big deal, it's par for the course and it happens in ever Presidency (with party change especially).
With new leadership in the Department of Justice come new ideas about how best to enforce federal law, and that means the attorney general brings in prosecutors who see things his or her way.
Naturally, the fact that these kinds of dramatic changes are normal doesn’t mean they don’t spark partisan rancor: When Clinton’s Attorney General Janet Reno announced in March of 1993 that 77 George H.W. Bush–era U.S. attorneys had been asked to resign, the news was greeted with calls for congressional hearings by some in the GOP. Then-Sen. Bob Dole even went so far as to call it a “March Massacre.” Don’t be surprised if you see similar fireworks erupt in response to Trump—especially if any of the prosecutors who are getting the boot have cases pending that in some way affect Trump’s presidency or the Trump Organization.
It remains to be seen whether all 46 U.S. attorneys who were affected by Friday’s announcement will actually end up leaving—it’s possible that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will reject some of the resignations, or ask some attorneys to stay on until their replacements have been found.
Did someone take away his phone this weekend? Since he accused Obama of wiretapping him and his hilarious wrong Guantanamo bay statement he's been super quiet.
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Wow, what an over-reaction by you. This is not even a big deal, it's par for the course and it happens in ever Presidency (with party change especially).
There is a difference in how this is being handled. For your edification:
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"While it's true that presidents from both parties made their own choices for U.S. Attorney positions across the country, they have always done so in an orderly fashion that doesn't put ongoing investigations at risk. They ask for letters of resignation but the attorneys are allowed to stay on the job until their successor is confirmed," he said.
"By asking for the immediate resignation of every remaining U.S. Attorney before their replacements have been confirmed or even nominated, the President is interrupting ongoing cases and investigations and hindering the administration of justice."
