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Singular Demotion: Trump Tells Citizens “Ask Jeff Session!”

jeff_sessions_official_portraitYou know you are on the outs with the President when he not only unleashes an army of citizen trolls on you, but demotes you from plural to singular.   President Trump posted another controversial tweet this morning in asking why he is being investigated but not his predecessor or the Democrats. He tells supporters to Just “Ask Jeff Session.”  Attorney General Sessions appears to still be the persona non grata and, if anything, diminishing by the day.

The President tweeted:

Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th, why aren’t they the subject of the investigation? Why didn’t Obama do something about the meddling? Why aren’t Dem crimes under investigation? Ask Jeff Session!

There are in fact calls for Democrats to be investigated and evidence that Special Counsel Robert Mueller may indeed have looked into the lobbying effort of Tony Podesta and his Podesta Group.

The merits of this argument (which are being advanced by others with little need of presidential involvement) is beside the point.  The repeated digs at Trump’s own Attorney General are disconcerting and inappropriate.  This follows reports that Trump has discussed firing Sessions and giving a recess appointment to his successor.  Trump is clearly still angry that Sessions recused himself from the investigation of Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election, but what does the president hope to gain in a one-sided verbal war with one of his most loyal supporters?  Sessions, Trump’s most loyal supporter in the Senate during the presidential campaign, acted entirely appropriately in recusing himself from the Russian investigation, despite Trump’s recent statement that he would never have appointed him if he knew Sessions would recuse himself.  By insisting that Sessions should not have recused, Trump is saying Sessions should have taken an unethical path, ignoring the views of the Justice Department ethics lawyers he consulted.  Similarly, Trump’s suggestion that Sessions should have opened up investigations into the president’s 2016 general election opponent and the Democrats contradicts long-standing rules against political influence over Justice Department investigations.

It is simply bizarre for a president to organize a pressure campaign against his own attorney general as if he is still running for office.  Moreover, Sessions is no deep-state mole.  He did the President a service by taking the ethical route.  Had Trump not fired Comey, it is likely that the Russian investigation would have been concluded by now.  The correct approach was to stand aside and let the investigation run its course.  The President continues to reject that advice and lash out at Sessions.  What is missing is any discernible strategic or tactical goal achieved by these tweets.

 

 

137 thoughts on “Singular Demotion: Trump Tells Citizens “Ask Jeff Session!””

      1. That’s true. I think that, thankfully, the Obama era was a real eye-opener for the Americans who love their country and want everyone to succeed.

  3. In 2014, all the Russians did was background work in preparation for the real dirty work they would do in 2016 to help get Fatso elected. Digging through Fatso’s finances will give us the information we need about how deep he is into the Russians, facts that even Hannity can’t lie away or try to pivot to blame HRC. Fatso likes to conveniently ignore facts and constantly try to shift blame to President Obama. It must really chafe his fat racist ass that President Obama is still more popular than he is, one year in. If there was nothing to hide, Fatso wouldn’t be so preoccupied. As JT’s post shows, Fatso has no loyalty to anyone, and still doesn’t understand that Sessions isn’t his personal attorney, all part of the fuller picture that Fatso doesn’t really understand how government works and that he just wanted to be President for the perceived glory and power. What he doesn’t understand is that when he goes down in flames, his entire family will be branded with shame for generations to come.

    1. In 2014, all the Russians did was background work in preparation for the real dirty work they would do in 2016 to help get Fatso elected.

      So that’s why the Obama justice department and FBI did nothing to thwart Russian meddling in our election. They wanted a President Trump. LOL! Brilliant!

    2. Meet a Gay CIA contractor. He seems like a nice guy. But you will be lovingly asked if you are top or bottom. I need a daddy for those dangerous missions.

  4. “The repeated digs at Trump’s own Attorney General are disconcerting and inappropriate.”

    The Art of War, by Sun Tzu ***

    18. All warfare is based on deception.
    19. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.
    20. Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him. ***
    22. If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. ***
    24. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected. ***”

    1. Ah, a returning member of bedlam. Your private room is down the hall. Meds are still administered promptly at 30 minutes prior to lockdown.

  5. “ASK JEFF SESSIONS”

    Jeff, are Obama, Hillary, Rice, Power, Huma, Mueller, Rosenstein, Wray, Comey, McCabe, Ohr, Yates,

    Farkas, Kadzik, Strzok, Page, Baker, Horowitz et al. in prison yet?

    1. Due process first, of course. And after that, take away their government pensions too. Don’t just let these sob’s resign and retire with full benefits. That’s absurd.

    2. The real question for Jeffy Beauregard is “if the day glo bozo is innocent, why isn’t he acting like it? What’s he hiding?”

  6. Anti- intellectual buffoonery has been taken to new heights with the current POTUS. ’43 has been officially pardoned from said buffoonery.

  7. Sessions took a hard job, you call that doing the pres a favor?
    he’s getting paid, right?
    Most prosecutors face tough choices. That’s what the job entails.
    no tears for sessions,
    nor any of the people who are or will suffer from unjustified federal asset forfeitures that he needlessly is pushing now.
    along with the foolhardy tampering with state-level lawful marijuana operations

    1. No, that was just an opportunity to inject a little humor. The real point was that once again, the president is attacking his own hand-picked AG like a spoiled little 4 year old. Though how many times Turley is going to “tut tut” Trump’s horrible behavior while still giving him the benefit of the doubt and countless chances to change, who knows.

    2. FFS, as Kevin points out Dims are easily aroused by Trump – arguing about Trump is all they have. No message, no decent candidates…

  10. This Russia & U.S. tit-for-tat meddling is fun.

    In 2013, Russia catches U.S. diplomat Ryan Fogle suspected of CIA recruitment.

  11. ‘Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th, why aren’t they the subject of the investigation? Why didn’t Obama do something about the meddling? Why aren’t Dem crimes under investigation? Ask Jeff Session!’ — Mueller, et al, are investigating the Democrats and if Trump committed crimes during the Obama administration then how can it be Obama’s fault; oh yeah, Trump logic=it’s always the other guy.

    ‘The repeated digs at Trump’s own Attorney General are disconcerting and inappropriate.’ — That’s because, and ‘disconcerting and inappropriate’ are the euphemisms of the moment, Trump is ‘disconcerting and inappropriate’ as well as a pathological liar.

    ‘It is simply bizarre for a president to organize a pressure campaign against his own attorney general as if he is still running for office. Moreover, Sessions is no deep-state mole. He did the President a service by taking the ethical route.’ — Ethics don’t have a place in Trump’s world.

    ‘What is missing is any discernible strategic or tactical goal achieved by these tweets.’ — The strategy is the strategy of the spoiled brat, yell and scream until it gets its way. This also works to create distraction, from the complete travesty that he is. The first rule of war is to create chaos in the world around one, the second rule is to keep the chaos going, the third rule is to control that chaos to one’s advantage. The third rule will define America.

    1. “All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.” – Sun Tzu, the Art of War

      1. TBob

        That too, but in this case Trump’s enemy is the American people and Trump uses chaos as well as: Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, etc, to win at the expense of the American people. We have met the enemy and the enemy is us.-Pogo.

  12. The patronizing from Turley is so obnoxious ! I just hope I never have to deal with a lawyer . They have limited self awareness and are like the dwarf with big ears.

  13. Although it may have been wrong to expect Sessions to not recuse himself, it would not have been wrong to not hire him in the first place if the president thought there was a conflict of interest going into the job.

    You don’t hire someone you know will be hobbled from the job on day one.

    1. In Sessions recusal statement, he said: I have decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for President of the United States.

      any matters related in any way…? Is there anything on this planet that cannot be related in some way to the campaigns for President of the United States? Think six degrees of separation. What Sessions has done is the exact opposite of what Robert Mueller is doing:

      The Special Counsel is authorized to conduct the investigation confirmed by then-FBI Director James B. Comey in testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on March 20, 2017, including:
      (i) any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump; and

      (ii) any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation; and

      (iii) any other matters within the scope of 28 C.F.R. § 600.4(a).

      (c) If the Special Counsel believes it is necessary and appropriate, the Special Counsel is
      authorized to prosecute federal crimes arising from the investigation of these matters.

      With Sessions, President Trump thought there would be a new sheriff in town; well this is what he got instead (pardon the language):

      https://youtu.be/Z_JOGmXpe5I

      1. T rump hired da good ole southern senator to go after immigrants and Marijuana users. He is fulfillin that part of da deal. He is not a full time pimp like Mikey Cohen and that is what T rumpus wants.

  14. I have heard from other sources that there are three investigations going on into Clinton, the DNC, etc. Gawker is suing the DNC about the Russian hacking to help them with their libel suits (that is not going to work for Gawker because it wasn’t a hack, it was a leak). Judge Sullivan is pressuring Mueller for exculpatory info on Flynn.

    It appears part of the house of cards may start to come down.

    1. That’s rich. He said “sources” as if the guy wearing the disguise mustache at the tinfoil hat convention is “in the know.”

      this is to “if I dream it hard enough, it will happen” pauli – georgie

      1. Marky Mark Mark – I spend enough time on here to make myself part of the Fourth Estate and I have sources just like the Lame Stream Media does.

    1. T rump is pushin Sessions to get a police state goin. They are comin after da marijuana in Colorado.

      2. Seems that it is Session anti-drug fervor that is driving that nonsense more than Trump.
        We don’t hear Trump saying state legal marijuana should be prosecuted by the feds.

        1. That’s correct. In fact Roger Stone says El Presidente is in favor of medical marijuana.

          Sessions is also doubling down on the unconstitutional and oppressive civil asset forfeiture by the federal cops.

  16. Whatever a lot of us have the same question and will not be satisfied until the two missing investigations are accomplished. Whatever it takes

  17. If “Sessions” is now “Session,” maybe soon he will be “Sessio” or just “Sess.” Until, like the Cheshire cat, there will only be the smile left.

  18. By insisting that Sessions should not have recused, Trump is saying Sessions should have taken an unethical path, ignoring the views of the Justice Department ethics lawyers he consulted.

    In other words, “those Bad Wrestlers hit us over the head with a folding metal chair, so pick up the godd*mn chair and whack them back!”

    In other words, fight like the Democrats fight.

    Amen!

    Squeeky Fromm
    Girl Reporter

    1. Squeeky –
      Do you believe it is the job of the Attorney General to have primary and complete personal loyalty to the President, regardless of norms, laws, the Constitution, or anything else? Just asking. That is, is the position of the Attorney General to be independent of political considerations, or to be dominated by them?

          1. Actually, it’s nothing more than “whataboutism” and is to be expected from those who are 24/7 Pravda Faux News bots. Whomever is the “wingman” of former President of the United State Barack HUSSEIN Obama (incidentally the greatest President of the United State and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces since Harry Truman, and who prior to his marriage undoubtedly had “access” to the white women) is immaterial in 2018.

            this is to the peanut gallery klan-lite wannabees

            1. That’s exactly right. Today’s rules do not apply to the Black Baby Jesus.

              this is to the peanut-brained Marky Mark Mark.

            2. Marky Mark Mark – your youth is getting in the way of real judgment. You haven’t lived through enough Presidents to make a comparison with anyone.

                1. YNOT – and do you really think I care about you or your sources? I have been hated by better people.

  19. Which is the same thing I wonder about. Here you have Hillary and the DNC colluding with the Russians, and there is no apparent investigation by the DOJ? WTF???

    Trump is smart enough to know that you have to go on the offense.

    Squeeky Fromm
    Girl Reporter

    1. Squeek haven’t you heard all of a sudden like MAGIC they found out Collusion is not a crime. So naturally there is no point in investigating DNC or Clintons etc. Hmmmm but if they insert commission of crimes or conspiracy…… Just a thought …..After all those items are already openly confessed to or a matter of public knowledge.

    2. exactly. it was only possible collusion if Trump did it, which he didnt, but now we know she did, but since the FBI moles were also involved, it would embarass the FBI too much and they’re chickening out– on the real perp, Hillary. Lock her up!

  20. The increasing desperation of this man would be laughable if he weren’t, you know… President. Despite Turley’s assertion of “no collusion,” based solely on the limited indictments related to Russian social media use. People with their eyes still open realize there are multiple other areas including hacking and use of that information where “conspiracy” which is a crime could be revealed. The money-laundering and fraud which Manafort has had alleged, can’t make Trump feel more comfortable given his own finances. If the frequency and desperation of his tweets are any indicator, he’s nearing a complete breakdown.

    1. Speaking of laughable your post manages to represent that condition with little effort. You did the whole thing without one shred of evidence. as usual.

      1. I just listened to an interview with a leader of a group that put on a rally based on their interaction with a Russian based group. They acknowledge working with the group, yet since the indictment spelling out their methods and activities. She absolutely refused to acknowledge she’d been duped and led to believe she was working with fellow “patriots.” Laugh at me all you will, Trump is in panic mode and I believe he has good cause.

        1. Was that the pro-Trump rally organized by Russians that a dozen or so attended?

          Or the anti-Trump protest rally in New York that was organized by Russians that Michael Moore and thousands attended?

          Has Michael Moore been hounded by the press and asked to acknowledge that he’d been duped by Russians?

            1. Michael Moore not only attended, he posted it on his Twitter feed and embedded a long video on his Facebook page of him “reporting from the Putin-organized event,” calling Trump a “sociopath” and a “racist” and shouting that Trump and Republicans are “Russian tools and enemies of the American people.”

              He had all this to say straight from a Russia-organized protest rally in NYC attended by thousands.

              Have you seen the MSM hounding Michael Moore into admitting he was duped by the Russians?

    2. Exactly. Anyone using common, objective, observation can reasonable presume by the day glo bozo’s maniacal responses that he’s trying to hide something.

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