Today, in order to convince the misguided and the dolts to alter their “patience” course, we will explain so even they will understand – why cleaning-woman-who-won’t-clean AG Jeff Sessions must not be fired but rather must resign – and soon.
WHY CLEANING-WOMAN-WHO-WON’T-CLEAN ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS MUST NOT BE FIRED BUT MUST RESIGN
In our last installment on this issue we declared that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is like a cleaning woman who refuses to do the most basic tasks required of the job. For that reason Attorney General Jeff Sessions must resign.
Some people, whether they are misguided or stupid or anti-Trump or love the attention they get when they oppose President Donald J. Trump, disagree with us. For instance, attention whore Ann Coulter is in full hate-Trump defend-Jeff Sessions mode. Conservative Treehouse also defends Jeff Sessions because according to their wacky theories Jeff Sessions is a “white hat” who is doing a great job behind the scenes unseen by anyone and all the public attacks against Jeff Sessions by President Trump are but a bit of play-acting.
Attention whore Ann Coulter believes the President should simply fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Attention whore Ann Coulter is entirely wrong. WRONG!
As to the Conservative Treehouse, their arguments make no sense at all. Whether because they are so invested in their childish “white hats” versus “black hats” or because they are bereft of reason they are causing great harm with their delusions. We’ll explain why shortly. First we want to address the issue of why Attorney General Jeff Sessions must not be fired but rather must be made to resign.
Our explanation as to why AG Jeff Sessions must not be fired but rather be made to resign begins with Mick Mulvaney. Recall late in November of 2017 the battle over the CFPB:
Cordray, a Democrat who submitted his formal resignation Friday, wanted to keep the agency running like it had during the Obama administration for as long as possible.
In promoting English, his chief of staff and a longtime ally, Cordray told the bureau he was trying to “minimize operational disruption and provide for a smooth transition.” He said English would serve as acting director until Trump nominated a permanent replacement and the Senate confirmed that choice.
Trump tapped Mulvaney for the acting leadership post shortly thereafter.
English filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Sunday, challenging Trump’s appointment of Mulvaney as unlawful.
Obama Dimocrat Richard Cordray wanted to run for governor of Ohio so he resigned as the Director of the CFPB. Cordray appointed his Obama Dimocrat ally Ms English to run the CFPB. President Trump appointed Mick Mulvaney as Director of the CFPB. Ms. English ran to the courts citing the legislation which created the CFPB. President Trump responded in court by citing his power as President of the United States.
President Trump won. President Trump won the battle because of the Vacancies Reform Act:
English’s claim to the title of CFPB acting director stems in part from language in the Dodd-Frank Act — the legislation that established the bureau — that says the deputy director “shall” become the acting director “in the absence or unavailability of the director.”
But the Justice Department argued late Monday night that English’s claim is not strong enough to supersede the purview of the Vacancies Reform Act, which empowers the president to fill a vacancy at an executive agency.
“On its face, the VRA does appear to apply to this situation,” the judge ruled.
Attention whore Ann Coulter demands President Trump stop attacking cleaning-woman-who-won’t-clean Jeff Sessions and further demands that if President Trump doesn’t want Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, then President Trump should simply fire Jeff Sessions. Attention whore Ann Coulter is either ignorant of the Vacancies Reform Act or purposefully attacking President Trump for her own attention whoring purposes.
Conservative Treehouse and Ann Coulter are wrong. Lou Dobbs is right:
Sessions has fallen ill, he's incapacitated in some fashion, or he's been coopted or captured: to preserve any dignity, for the good of the country he needs to resign. #MAGA @realDonaldTrump #TrumpTrain #AmericaFirst https://t.co/D0q4ff2JVI
— Lou Dobbs (@LouDobbs) March 3, 2018
Conservative Treehouse and Ann Coulter must know what the Vacancies Reform Act is. Certainly they must remember the CFPB case. Certainly Conservative Treehouse and attention whore Ann Coulter must know about the political situation in a congress led by Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell. Conservative Treehouse and attention whore Ann Coulter must have read an article in Voice of America from July 2017 which wraps up the situation rather well.
As Voice of America puts it, President Trump has three options. Option 1 is to fire Jeff Sessions. The disastrous result would be that Rod Rosenstein would become the Acting Attorney General. Rod Rosenstein for all intents and purposes already is the Acting Attorney General because cleaning-woman-who-won’t-clean Jeff Sessions is the Attorney General In Name Only (AGINO). Rod Rosenstein is the one who appointed Robert Mueller as Special Counsel despite all the conflicts that both Rosenstein and Mueller have with regards to the investigation. Option 1 is a no-go zone.
Option 3 is equally disastrous. Option 3 amounts to President Trump getting rid of Jeff Sessions and making a recess appointment. With Mitch McConnell and the anti-Trump forces allied with Obama Dimocrats in the Senate this Option simply will not happen.
There is another option. Option 2 is the option we endorse. Option 2 is the option President Trump clearly intends to take.
While the White House has played down the prospect, powerful Republican allies of Sessions, as well as Democrats, are warning the president against replacing the former Alabama senator. [snip]
Option 2
A second option is to circumvent the department’s normal succession plan altogether and make an interim appointment under the Vacancies Reform Act of 1998.
The little-known law allows the president to appoint acting heads of departments for up to 210 days when the incumbent resigns or is unable to perform his duties. In the case of the attorney general, there is a caveat: The candidate must be a Senate-confirmed official and cannot be asked to fill the position permanently.
In theory, Trump could look outside the Department of Justice for a successor to Sessions. However, his choices would be limited to the 50 or so of his appointees the Senate has so far confirmed.
Nevertheless, Yeomans said, the Vacancies Reform Act “would allow him to shop around for someone who is more sympathetic to his views.”
There is another wrinkle: While Trump can make an interim appointment if Sessions resigns, it is less clear he can do so if Sessions is fired. [snip]
Courts have not weighed in on the question, but the Trump White House could explore the option, and it would have an argument to make. [snip]
Under the circumstances, Vladeck said, “The only leverage that Attorney General Sessions has is to not resign, and to force President Trump to actually take the dramatic step of firing him.”
After the Mick Mulvaney fight later in 2017, the Vacancies Reform Act was tested and found by the courts to be legally sound. A new Attorney General could be quickly chosen by President Trump and fully function for months – enough time to clean the DOJ/FBI. Just as Mick Mulvaney kept his old job and his CFPB job President Trump could name someone like EPA head Scott Pruitt to get the Department of Justice on course very quickly. Scott Pruitt, or someone like him, knows what the problems at DOJ/FBI are and could chop heads quickly and appoint the special prosecutors needed. It would not take long at all to straighten out the DOJ/FBI as what the job mostly requires is to lop off heads.
We hope the above explanation is enough to persuade Conservative Treehouse of their misguided course. Conservative Treehouse should be urging readers to support the President. Conservative Treehouse readers alongside readers from this website and every grassroots supporting entity of President Trump must be asked to contact their congressional representatives to support the appointment of special prosecutors to investigate the investigators as a few congressional representatives have already done:
13 Republicans ask Jeff Sessions to appoint second special counsel to investigate FBI, DOJ [snip]
“It’s simple: We’ve learned deeply concerning information on FISA abuses, the dossier, former high-level FBI officials, and more—and it stinks to high heaven. Americans deserve the truth,” tweeted Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., the chair of the House Freedom Caucus and one of the signees of the letter. [snip]
Exacerbating those concerns, the House Intelligence Committee memo asserted that the “Trump dossier,” which contains salacious and unverified claims about Trump’s ties to Russia, was an “essential” part of the surveillance application to spy on Page.
Conservative Treehouse and fellow travelers who believe fairy tales about all that AG Jeff Sessions is doing “behind the scenes” and all the wonderful fairy dust IG Horowitz will soon sprinkle must ask themselves how best to help President Trump. It does not help President Trump to counsel “patience”. It does not help President Trump to sit back and wait for others to take action even as Obama Dimocrats agitate hourly, as DrudgeReport notes against President Trump.
Assume, for arguments sake, every silly “white hat” vs. “black hat” theory of Conservative Treehouse is correct. Assume, for arguments sake, all the great work is being done behind the scenes. Assume, for arguments sake, Jeff Sessions is racking up immense accomplishments “behind the scenes”. Assume further, for arguments sake, that President Trump’s attacks against Jeff Sessions are but play-acting to enhance Jeff Sessions’ (and the IG’s) stature on the left – as profoundly silly as this line of argument is. Assume, for arguments sake all of these cockeyed theories expounded by Conservative Treehouse and their ilk. WHY NOT SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP????????
President Trump is demanding action from AG Jeff Sessions. WHY NOT SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP? If it is all play-acting then go along with what President Trump is saying? WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE? as candidate Trump asked of the Black community. If the ridiculous theory of “play acting” is correct the play will continue and indeed enhanced if everyone follows President Trump’s public lead.
Conservative Treehouse and the loons should simply write “while we think it is all play-acting on President Trump’s and Jeff Sessions’ behalf, we do support President Trump’s calls to action against Jeff Sessions, the Deep State, IG Horowitz, and those who oppose President Trump. We urge all to demand action NOW. Zero patience!”
All the silly assumptions of Conservative Treehouse must be put aside. Jeff Sessions must go.
Jeff Sessions must go because the Department of Justice will not take action where actions is needed. Former GOP Rep to Brother of Slain Border Patrol Agent: ‘I Met With AG Sessions to Get Fast & Furious Documents and He Said NO’
Jeff Sessions must go because the secrets of corrupt Obama are kept secrets at the Department of Justice. FBI Denies Secret Comey-Obama Meeting Raises Integrity and Public Trust Issues
Jeff Sessions must go because the FBI and the DOJ continue to mislead and cover-up. Congress Wasn’t Told of Clinton Foundation Ties to FBI’s Australian Informant. Why do we discover so late that the Australian diplomat whose tip prompted FBI’s Russia-probe has tie to Clintons
Jeff Sessions must go because the investigations that are sorely needed are not being performed even as evidence will continue to disappear and President Trump continues to be smeared. The wrong campaign and the wrong people are being investigated while the criminals are aligned with the prosecutors, the FBI, and the DOJ. Trump Accuses Obama Administration of Wrongfully Investigating Him
Why did the Obama Administration start an investigation into the Trump Campaign (with zero proof of wrongdoing) long before the Election in November? Wanted to discredit so Crooked H would win. Unprecedented. Bigger than Watergate! Plus, Obama did NOTHING about Russian meddling.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions must resign. Jeff Sessions can retire or go help Thomas Homan at Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That is where Jeff Sessions’ heart is. His body should follow.
A love affair that is no longer. Go Now!
Clearly, this is where Jeff Sessions’ heart is:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/03/report-ag-sessions-make-major-announcement-sanctuary-cities-tomorrow/
Good news from San Francisco!
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/5/trump-administration-can-withhold-grant-over-calif/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert
Immigration issues are clearly where Jeff Sessions’ heart is. His body should follow.
Admin, your argument against firing Sessions makes a lot of sense.
It’s as logical as it is depressing. I doubt Sessions will resign.
Can you imagine any scenario in which Congress would approve Sessions’ replacement if Trump fired him?
Isn’t it possible, if the pro-SC sentiment continues to grow, that McConnell and the Dim-aligned GOP senators will feel compelled to vote for confirmation?
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27872/watch-haleys-impassioned-speech-aipac-jerusalem-hank-berrien
Matthew77, in short, no.
There are 49 Obama Dimocrats in the Senate. It take only 2 NeverTrump RINOs to block a confirmation. One is Jeff Flake. A second vote would be fairly easy to get (Graham, Corker, McCain, etc.).
The best bet is to hammer Sessions until he quits. Then appoint someone like Pruitt (who will also keep his other job) to appoint lots of special prosecutors to investigate Mueller and Rosenstein among others. Then about 50 prosecutors to investigate illegal voting in each of the states. Special prosecutors to investigate the Hillary email investigation and FISA abuses. Lots of work to be done and the beauty of it all is that so much is now known or suspected it won’t take long to get the job done.
After a month or two of this type of activity only then would the Senate be in a mood to confirm someone permanently to the job.
Breaking news: Gary Cohn to resign. He lost the tariff battle so this is the likely reason.
cmiiw – but I could have sworn I’ve seen media reports than Sessions HAS offered to resign, more than once, and his resignation wasn’t accepted by PDJT. Were those reports false, or what’s up with that? Timing?
It’s about time.
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/03/06/two-parkland-shooting-survivors-announce-intent-sue-sheriffs-office-school-system/
Merlintobie, during the Preibus era, Sessions did offer to resign but was talked out of it:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/jeff-sessions-sent-trump-a-resignation-letter-in-may-after-humiliating-oval-office-meeting-report/article/2634457
It was bad advice. Preibus fought for Sessions:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/14/politics/reince-priebus-reflects-trump-white-house-chief-of-staff-tenure/index.html
Lots of people liked Sessions (including us). None of us wanted to get to this point. But President Trump was right when he asked for Sessions to leave. Now it is apparent to many that Sessions indeed has to leave.
Straight to the point as always using plain English.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/06/donald-trump-north-korea-sweden-press-conference/
This from today:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/06/gowdy-goodlatte-demand-appointment-special-counsel.html
Gowdy used to be against another special counsel.
Cohen also lost on TPP and wa overheard calling out Trump in NY at a restaurant, he didn’t like Trumps response to Charlottesville. Never liked him.
He helped get the tax plan through and Trump was done with him.
OK…so it is now my understanding that Sessions will be the one that gets to choose who the Special Counsel would be…(prior to him ‘resigning’)
Does anyone have to approve who Sessions chooses on the strong forceful recommendation of today’s latest request from Gowdy & Goodlatte
How can we trust who Sessions will choose? I hate to say this but I think he has been intimidated & compromised by the Deep State around him…I would think there will be enormous pressure on Sessions regarding who he chooses as SC
fwiw…the rumor going around was that Cohen and Dina Powell were having an affair…she just left too…also was Cohen a registered Dem…