Report: Trump unhappy about Sessions’ recusal from Russia investigations

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As I wrote two days ago at TGR: “Regarding Sessions, consider this from the New York Sun: ‘If I could have done so in good conscience, I would have been pleased to demonstrate my integrity, and immediately silence the criticism, by getting off the case. Since I believe there is no basis for recusal, I cannot. The motion is Denied.’ Those are the words with which President Trump’s ideal Supreme Court justice — Antonin Scalia — refused to recuse himself from a case involving his duck-hunting pal, Vice President Cheney. He was reacting to a recusal motion from the Sierra Club, and he made short work of it in a magnificent opinion that begs for study in the wake of the recusal today by Attorney General Sessions in the investigation in respect of Russia.”

I also wrote: “Where is the Trump of the campaign trail? All tough and full of bluster. Why does he keep caving so quick?” The fact that he was angry about Sessions’ recusal is a good sign: he isn’t willing to back down and cave to the Democrats’ witch-hunt. Now he has to keep this kind of thing from happening again.

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“Trump reportedly unhappy about Sessions’ recusal from Russia investigations,” Fox News, March 5, 2017:

President Trump reportedly got into a heated discussion Friday with his top aides about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from any investigation into the Trump presidential campaign.

The meeting took place before Trump left for Florida for the weekend and it included chief of staff Reince Priebus, senior adviser Jared Kushner, Trump’s daughter Ivanka, chief strategist Steve Bannon, communications director Mike Dubke and press secretary Sean Spicer, Politico reported Saturday.

The basis of the meeting was reportedly to discuss next week’s schedule, which is expected to include Trump’s new executive order on immigration. However, the discussion went from planning to Sessions and that is when the conversation got heated.

Trump wanted to know the logic behind Sessions’ decision to recuse himself. Trump “made it clear” that he thought the decision was handled poorly and that Sessions should not have recused himself, sources familiar with the meeting told Politico. The person also said Trump addressed White House counsel Don McGahn, who was also in the room, and expressed his displeasure about the decision.

“There were fireworks,” one person briefed on the meeting told Politico.

Priebus, Bannon and Kushner all expressed their own thoughts during the meeting.

The chief of staff was expected to be with Trump during his excursion to Florida. But one White House official told Politico that Priebus stayed in Washington to work on an ObamaCare replacement and the new executive order.

Bannon was reportedly on the way to Mar-a-Lago Saturday “for an EO launch meeting,” along with Justice Department officials. That group is expected to meet with Homeland Security officials and Trump.

Sessions announced his decision to recuse himself from “any existing or future investigations” regarding the 2016 presidential campaign” Thursday.

Sessions has repeatedly denied meeting with Russian officials or operatives while a surrogate for then-candidate Donald Trump’s campaign. He testified during his confirmation hearing in January that he had no “communications” with Russia during the campaign, an answer he later said was “honest and correct.”…

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Flanders
Flanders
7 years ago

Our survival is dependent on supporting Trump because:

1. Trump did not force little girls to share their restrooms with adult males.

2. Trump did not increase our debt to $20 trillion.

3. Trump did not ruin our credit.

4. Trump did not double African-American unemployment.

5. Trump did not send out healthcare costs skyrocketing (mine is now $660 a month. Compared to my $25 a month auto insurance from Insurance Panda, or my $10/month renters insurance from GEICO)

5. Trump did not increase welfare to a record level for eight solid years.

6. Trump did not sign a law making it legal to execute and imprison Americans without due process.

7. Trump did not set free all the terrorists in Guantanamo Bay to return to the field of battle.

8. Trump did not constantly degrade civil rights, violate U.S. constitutional law, or commit treason.

It is Barack Hussein Obama, Hillary Clinton, and the established grifters who accomplished the above. The Obama/Clinton cult have illegally occupied our government and swiped our future and that of our progeny.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
7 years ago
Reply to  Flanders

And Trump did not make wire-tapping legal, without a warrant.

On December 30, 2012, about a month after he was elected for his second
term, Obama signed warrantless-wiretapping bill into law.
http://linkis.com/theblacksphere.net/2/CTLFk
“The FISA bill gives the government clearance to tap into American citizens’ communications with people outside of the U.S. without a warrant, so long as it is done in the name of collecting foreign intelligence.”

That’s how Obama tapped Trump’s phones. Obama’s minions got a group of Clinton-appointed FISA judges to fall for the Russia ruse. And once they got approval, they listened to everything.

Jon Sobieski
Jon Sobieski
7 years ago

I was surprised that Sessions recused himself without Trump OK. Trump knows that you NEVER apologize or let the left strike blood. Never.

Victor Hafichuk
Victor Hafichuk
7 years ago
Reply to  Jon Sobieski

And that’s why Donald Trump was surprised and angry. I don’t blame him. In the final analysis, if Sessions is such a man to do such a thing, I think President Trump can be thankful for not having a weak link in his chain. Let him appoint a better man.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
7 years ago

This is how Obama tapped Trump Tower phones

From Kevin Jackson, the Black Sphere.
http://linkis.com/theblacksphere.net/2/CTLFk
– Obama used a warrant-less wiretap loophole to tap phones that were used for foreign conversations (the Russians).
– Obama got the approval for this warrant-less wiretap by channeling the request through Clinton-appointed judges.
– Once Obama had approval, he could tap Trump’s phones for any reason, foreign or domestic calls. Nothing about Russia was found, but Trump’s entire campaign was laid bare to Obama and the Clintons.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
7 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

Recently, Clapper, an Obama Intel chief, said on TV that he knew nothing about nothing. Finally, Clapper said something I can agree with! Clapper really is clueless.

But meanwhile, back in the real world, Obama and the Clintons had tons of detail about everything that Trump did in his campaign. Of course, the wire-tappers were supposed to only listen to foreign conversations about Russia, but we all know what they they actually did.

Obama’s minions wire-tapped and recorded everything, and then people went though the audio to find relevant info. They probably transcribed the audio, using speech-recognition software. Then Obama would have documents that he could share with anyone he wanted.

And through all this, Trump’s people came up completely clean. We know this, because Obama would disseminate any tiny bit of improper conversation, to the MSM and the known universe. But instead, nothing.

TrumpIsRightAgain
TrumpIsRightAgain
7 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

It’s really an amazing testament to how squeaky clean Trump and his people are!

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
7 years ago

Yes. Trump just told the truth. He said what he was going to do, and why he was going to do it. When he won, he set about doing it.

He could have cut corners in a dozen places, and done dirty tricks. But he didn’t. He has 200 million Americans behind him, and he just stuck with the Scottish Code of Honor (his mother).

Example: “Never to turn one’s back upon the foe.”

felix1999
felix1999
7 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

I twas never about Russia. I think they were worried already about Hillary LOSING. They wanted to make sure Hillary won. Voters didn’t want her.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
7 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

felix1999:
Yes, absolutely.
The wire-taps are probably still going on. A FISA judgement is
technically an order by FISA. FISA orders the appropriate
agencies to carry out the order, and do the work . This would transcend the Presidential
succession.

Now we know why the Dems have been obsessed with the Russia connection. They used that fiction to start the Trump Tower wiretapping. The Dems can only defend themselves now, by claiming they have had good reasons to do the wire-taps.

This is where some or all of the leaks have been coming from.

So the Russia connection is just a contrived hallucination by the Dems, to justify their own illegal tracks.

Victor Hafichuk
Victor Hafichuk
7 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

In spite of Obama’s immoral access, it did him no good.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
7 years ago

It helped Trump a lot. They found nothing. A politician that clean is amazing. And Obama gave Trump nuclear weapons, to turn the Dems to blowing ash.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
7 years ago

Victor:
Yes. Obama opened a chasm into which he will fall.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
7 years ago

Zero-Hedge Sees The Gravity of the Trump Tap
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-05/white-house-asks-congress-probe-if-obama-ordered-wiretaps

“In any case, while Democrats have accused Trump of fabricating his accusation that Obama bugged the president’s phones to deflect from the media’s full court press to suggest that Trump’s aides had ties to Russia, it now appears that Trump is pushing back with demands of a similar probe, focusing on alleged “executive power violations” by Obama.

While it is unclear how far either probe will go, the stakes have suddenly soared, escalating to the very top with either the current or the former president finding themselves with much to lose, if the other side’s accusations are confirmed.”

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
7 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

Levin Lays in, Guns Blazing…
http://politibrew.com/politics/6243-obama-nailed-bigtime-by-mark-levin-watch-this
Man, what a mountain of dirt Mark Levin dug up. Obama knew about all five agencies who were digging dirt on Trump. Who got approval to tap Trump Tower? The FBI. Comey is coming around again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There will be blood on the floor.
Obama launched a massive, existential attack on the Republican Party, Donald Trump, and American conservatives. He undertook to attack American democracy, and destroy the right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeXJbKAkArk

Victor Hafichuk
Victor Hafichuk
7 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

It’s war, alright, to the shedding of blood. How and what else?

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
7 years ago

Pizzagate

Dirk Pitt
Dirk Pitt
7 years ago

I’m wondering.
What is to prevent Sessions from reversing his recusal in light of new developments?

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
7 years ago

Quit fooling around, Republicans were not elected to talk, they were elected to act. Now get with the program.

notearsinheaven
notearsinheaven
7 years ago

NO but he can unleash all the govt agencies responsible for terrorism, threats and espionage to do his dirty work for him. AND yes they do REPORT to him. Obama won’t need those 3 houses but he will still be in a BIG HOUSE. Spying on a rival and retrieving information to undermine your rival..well that is throwing the election like the DEMS claimed the R did. AND Don’t they ALWAYS accuse US of what THEY do? AND please Donald Trump do not say another word. LET the people who voted for you handle this. WE got you in the WH didn’t we?. YOU did not do that alone. YOU won’t have to handle this alone either. WHAT is really killing DEMS right now. THEY cannot even cheat and win.

Victor Hafichuk
Victor Hafichuk
7 years ago

Thank you, notearsinheaven. All this is in the Lord’s hands and He is in full control either way.

Peter Wiggin
Peter Wiggin
7 years ago

Clapper knows that lying has not got him in to trouble…

…especially as much as the truth would

TrumpIsRightAgain
TrumpIsRightAgain
7 years ago

Can he un-recuse himself?

Fromafar
Fromafar
7 years ago

Likely that would look very bad, but he can appoint who ever looks into the matter.

felix1999
felix1999
7 years ago

I’ve never trusted Priebus .

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
7 years ago

Sessions had decent motives and intentions in mind, viewing the situation as a test of his integrity. However, the course of the investigation now falls to the Obhammud operative who is Deputy Assistant AG since the confirmation of Sessions’ own second in command is held up by the commiecrats in the Senate. That is what has Trump so steamed.

T.A. Parnell
T.A. Parnell
7 years ago

Sessions should withdraw his recusal NOW & help drain hundreds in the swamp

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