Lindsey Graham and Chuck Grassley Adjust Positions To Support President Trump On Firing Of AG Jeff Sessions...

Senator Lindsey Graham provided a pathway for President Trump to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions after the mid-term election. To further bolster this likelihood, Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley affirmed he could now make room for a replacement confirmation in the lame-duck congressional session between the November election and January 2019.

The statement by Senator Graham is a considerable reversal given his prior admonishment that firing AG Sessions would result in “hell to pay”; and further underlines an increasingly visible acceptance by high-profile republicans that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been an abysmal failure.


The Attorney General has been strong and effective on border security and immigration issues, mostly due to effective support for Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS). However, on the needed institutional reform Sessions has been frustratingly inept. Many who understand Main Justice politics openly say AG Jeff Sessions is actually scared of the apparatus under his authority.

Against the abject failure of the DOJ to accept oversight and commit to reform amid the obvious chaos from a highly politicized previous administration, in May of this year House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes threatened to hold Attorney General Sessions in contempt of congress.
(Via: TLR)

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Blog Author's Comments: MIA Jeff Sessions’ ludicrously proclaims that “while I am Attorney General, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.”

But Mueller and his Hillary Democrats continue to target only President Trump and Republicans and ignore or exonerate every single Obama administration action. Sessions expects Americans to believe that politics don’t influence his department when Rosenstein signed the last FISA warrant etc.

It is well past the time the Sessions apologists give it up. Appointing Sessions was bad for two reasons. We lost a safe seat and then his recusal at DOJ. I cannot believe he truly imagines what he said concerning what he has done during his time as Attorney General.

The overall message delivered by President Trump highlights the ongoing institutional issues which are not being addressed by either AG Jeff Sessions and FBI Director Christopher Wray. Both Law and Order officials are acting as corruption monitors, and neither are confronting it.

In the face of overwhelming evidence highlighting the Sessions/Wray emphasis, we can clearly see from their decision making their primary goal is preservation of the institutions regardless of the consequences.

If he is not afraid, at the very least Attorney General Jeff Sessions has continued down a path of willful blindness. And, after the IG report outlining seriously corrupt and unethical behavior within the FBI, it was painfully obvious FBI Director Christopher Wray was going to twist himself into contortions to avoid even accepting the scale of corruption outlined within the report.

President Trump Slams AG Sessions
In New Tweet On DOJ 'Double Standard'

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Grassley: Schumer Knew Trump Was Not Under Investigation When He Publicly Claimed Otherwise

Daily Caller -- Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Thursday for lying about President Donald Trump being under investigation when he knew otherwise.

Senator Grassley showed his disgust for the Democrat party, the fake news media and James Comey for continuing to mislead the public about President Trump being under investigation. James Comey refused to declare to the public that President Trump was not under investigation and Chuck Schumer continued to publicly state he was when he knew otherwise.


Grassley: “After that meeting, I publicly called for Mr. Comey to tell the public what he had told us about whether President Trump was under investigation. The public had a right to know. Mr. Comey told me and other Congressional leaders that President Trump was not under investigation. He even told the President himself–repeatedly. But, Mr. Comey didn’t listen to my request for transparency. He didn’t listen to the President’s request. Only months later has the truth finally come out.”

“So the media was wrong. So the Democrats were wrong. So the wild speculation and conspiracy theories ended up harming our country. They played right into Russia’s hands. And how did we all learn about this truth? In President Trump’s letter removing Mr. Comey from office.”

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Blog Author's Comments: At least Senator Grassley finally spoke up and went after Schumer. Senate Minority Leader Democrat Chuck Schumer wanted to keep this lie going as long as he could. But what was stopping Majority Leader Mitch McConnell from announcing it himself? Certainly they were not sworn to secrecy by Comey. And if they were it was way past time to let the people know the truth and give the president a little help. We can expect this from Democrats but so many of the Republicans stood in the background and said nothing when they also knew Trump was not under investigation.

And the Republican Party really has to seriously get busy with regard to President Trump's agenda for the country and show the voters they want to retain the power they now have. And why don't they use it to their advantage? I am extremely disappointed in many of them. President Trump did not have to do this - run for the presidency - and put himself and his family through the sick ridicule and humiliating comments and treatment he has received. He knew and saw what was happening to America and someone had to stop the Democrats and turn things around. He did our country and his voters much more than a huge favor by stopping Hillary Clinton and the Democrats from continuing to trash the country, but he is not receiving a hell of a lot of help from some members of his party.

A few Republicans are stepping up to the plate for the president, but just a few. And they have known about this lie concerning Russian collusion for as long as Schumer has. Why didn't they say anything then? Why wait for this investigation? They could have stopped this a long time ago. Those GOP members in the gang of 8 are just as responsible for not coming out and defending the president. It only took Trump to fight back for the truth to be revealed. Very few members of the GOP Senate were willing to lift a finger to help him. It's as if they still think we are all so bloody daft and forgetful. Well, no more, those days are long gone. President Trump has awakened a great deal of those who consider themselves on the right and we will not forget any of this during the next election. But, now Mueller is able to investigate anyone and everyone, he has an unlimited budget and can hire whomever he cares to. This, the country and the president did not need.

There are also many members of the House who are in collusion against the president. This places some of them in jeopardy because Trump does not have to play their game. He has and will continue to call people out and expose more of what we should know. He is and will always be fighting off the 'fake news' networks and their people, who on many occasions are creating their own stories from nothing, writing and broadcasting fiction, in an endeavor to personally attack him, for the good of their people the Democratic Party. Lastly, when he continues to follow his campaign promises that is what the president should do. We are not used to seeing this. But never expect Democrats to respect the truth or tell the truth. They would rather make things up as they go and will lie without a care when it is for their side and in their favor.

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