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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat May 13, 2017, 02:35 PM May 2017

Why the Deputy Attorney General Must Resign


May 13, 2017 By Taegan Goddard

Benjamin Wittes: “The trouble is that while Rosenstein got what he wanted, Trump’s idea of correcting the record was to say publicly exactly the thing about a law enforcement officer that makes his continued service in office impossible: That Trump had used his deputy attorney general as window dressing on a pre-cooked political decision to shut down an investigation involving himself, a decision for which he needed the patina of a high-minded rationale.”

“Once the President has said this about you—a law enforcement officer who works for him and who promised the Senate in confirmation hearings you would show independence—you have nothing left. These are the costs of working for Trump, and it took Rosenstein only two weeks to pay them.”

“The only decent course now is to name a special prosecutor and then resign.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/05/13/deputy-attorney-general-must-resign/
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Why the Deputy Attorney General Must Resign (Original Post) DonViejo May 2017 OP
Bullseye....this says exactly what there is to say about the situation and even Rosenstein if he has Pachamama May 2017 #1
Rosenshit NewRedDawn May 2017 #3
how can we trust him to name a decent special prosecutor, since he has shown his niyad May 2017 #2
#resign Achilleaze May 2017 #4
What did Rosenstein say that was so damning? kentuck May 2017 #5

Pachamama

(16,888 posts)
1. Bullseye....this says exactly what there is to say about the situation and even Rosenstein if he has
Sat May 13, 2017, 02:42 PM
May 2017

...any integrity knows this...

niyad

(114,184 posts)
2. how can we trust him to name a decent special prosecutor, since he has shown his
Sat May 13, 2017, 02:56 PM
May 2017

political cowardice?

kentuck

(111,111 posts)
5. What did Rosenstein say that was so damning?
Sat May 13, 2017, 03:21 PM
May 2017

Wasn't he a Hillary supporter?

But Trump did take his memo and use it against him.

And he has refused to name a special prosecutor and he is the only one with that power, is that correct?

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