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WaPo: Trump talks privately about the idea of a recess appointment to replace Session

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GK86

Homeland Security Fail
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President Trump has discussed with confidants and advisers in recent days the possibility of installing a new attorney general through a recess appointment if Jeff Sessions leaves the job, but he has been warned not to move to push him out because of the political and legal ramifications, according to people briefed on the conversations.

Still raging over Sessions’s recusal from the Justice Department’s escalating Russia investigation, Trump has been talking privately about how he might replace Sessions and possibly sidestep Senate oversight, four people familiar with the issue said.

Two of those people, however, described Trump as musing about the idea rather than outlining a plan of action, and a senior White House official said no action is imminent. Several people familiar with the discussions said Trump’s fury peaked over the weekend and that he and Sessions now seem to be heading toward an uneasy detente.

When asked Wednesday about the president’s discussions of a recess appointment, the White House released a one-sentence denial from Trump: “More fake news from the Amazon Washington Post.” The Washington Post is owned by Jeffrey P. Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon.

Those who have discussed Sessions this week with Trump or with top West Wing officials have drawn different conclusions from their conversations — in part because the president ruminates aloud and floats hypotheticals, often changing his views hour to hour.
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Several lawyers around Trump have been urging the president to stop his saber-rattling against Sessions and Mueller, according to three advisers. The president has countered that he believes the probe is a mere political attack — a “witch hunt” and “hoax,” as he often says on Twitter — and that he has no legal jeopardy to worry about.

But several lawyers have told Trump that his comments send a signal to Mueller that the president is trying to shut down or curtail the investigation, as though he does have something to hide.

Trump has largely shrugged off these concerns. “In his mind, he is his own best advocate, his own best lawyer,” one adviser said. “He’s not willing to let the Mueller probe and other events unfold without taking action himself. ”
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The president has the power to make a recess appointment when the Senate adjourns for a long break of more than a week, allowing the appointee to avoid Senate confirmation and serve through the end of next year. But Democrats have already signaled that they will use parliamentary stalling tactics to prevent the Senate from formally adjourning throughout the upcoming August break — in part to prevent Trump from being able to unilaterally install a new attorney general.
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BronsonLee

Member
That's a surefire way to piss off a Senate that already doesn't seem keen on your bullshit

Best case scenario is that he fires Sessions but gets blocked from the recess appointment
 
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Foffy

Banned
Gattsu25 said:
Nah, that racist fuckboi can go
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We might get a Trump yesman.

We all thought the Keebler Elf was this, and he kinda-sorta is, but the idea of the Orange Con Man getting someone else concerns me.

He's not done one right yet. This man has the inverse of the Midas Touch.
 
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Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
He may as well put out an "If I Did It" memoir while he's still legally able to profit from his crimes.
 
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John Rabbit

Banned
"No action is imminent" says WH official who likely as of 4am this morning would've assured everyone that transgender soliders had nothing to worry about.
 
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Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Psychoward said:
When? It's not like WaPo only reports on stories with anonymous sources either...
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The reason anonymous sources work is because they're typically accurate if the journalist is any good.
 
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Iolo

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Several people familiar with the discussions said Trump’s fury peaked over the weekend and that he and Sessions now seem to be heading toward an uneasy detente.
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Definitely, Trump is known to get less mad at people as time goes on. In fact the last few days haven't been filled with early morning tweets of a personal and belittling nature toward Sessions. Trump is not a man who can hold a grudge for any length of time.
 
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Widdle Puppy

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He is so fucked if he pushes sessions out and appoints someone for August. This is such an obvious plan to fuck with the Russia investigation. I hope Mueller discloses some bombshells soon if he sees this coming.
 
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Fat4all

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CrocMother said:
If I had their job, I wouldn't have even written this story. Just wait until Trump fires Sessions, and THEN write it.
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Nipo

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CrocMother said:
Before Deep Throat?
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A recent longitudinal study that examined the use of unnamedsourcing between 1958 and 2008 found that the technique peaked from thelate 1960s to the late 1970s. The researchers found that in 1978, sevenyears after publication of the Pentagon Papers, the Washington Post and New York Times employed unnamed sourcing in nearly half of their front-pagearticles.


Anonymous sourcing was used back in the early 1900s. You can hate it and admit it is an accepted part of political reporting that has broken some of the biggest stories in the united states.
 
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Pop-O-Matic

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CrocMother said:
So sick of the anonymous sources. Either have some real news, or don't post it (referring to WaPo).
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You realize that most of these journalists know who these "anonymous sources" are, believe they're reliable and are keeping them anonymous for their own safety, right? It's not like they just let any rando's BS go to print.
 
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