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Rod Rosenstein Suggested Secretly Recording Trump and Discussed 25th Amendment |
2018-09-22 |
[NYT] WASHINGTON ‐ The deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, suggested last year that he secretly record President Trump in the White House to expose the chaos consuming the administration, and he discussed recruiting cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Mr. Trump from office for being unfit. Mr. Rosenstein made these suggestions in the spring of 2017 when Mr. Trump’s firing of James B. Comey as F.B.I. director plunged the White House into turmoil. Over the ensuing days, the president divulged classified intelligence to Russians in the Oval Office, and revelations emerged that Mr. Trump had asked Mr. Comey to pledge loyalty and end an investigation into a senior aide. Mr. Rosenstein was just two weeks into his job. He had begun overseeing the Russia investigation and played a key role in the president’s dismissal of Mr. Comey by writing a memo critical of his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. But Mr. Rosenstein was caught off guard when Mr. Trump cited the memo in the firing, and he began telling people that he feared he had been used. Mr. Rosenstein made the remarks about secretly recording Mr. Trump and about the 25th Amendment in meetings and conversations with other Justice Department and F.B.I. officials. Several people described the episodes, insisting on anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. The people were briefed either on the events themselves or on memos written by F.B.I. officials, including Andrew G. McCabe, then the acting bureau director, that documented Mr. Rosenstein’s actions and comments. Related: Breitbrart - Mark Levin: Don’t Fire Rod Rosenstein; New York Times Article May Be a Setup |
Posted by:Besoeker |
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Posted by: 3dc 2018-09-22 23:44 |
#9 It seems that as time goes on, many of the top tier of DOJ/FBI have been neutralized (fired, reassigned, referred for prosecution, resigned). |
Posted by: JohnQC 2018-09-22 18:36 |
#8 Who to believe. MFM or Rod. I am going with Rod here, as the Slimes is the Slimes. Completely untrustworthy. Not that I feel all warm and fuzzy with anyone in the DOJ at this time. |
Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2018-09-22 17:11 |
#7 Rosenstein says the story is fake news. I wouldn't put it past the Media to invent this kind of story to cause dissension in the White House. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-09-22 16:58 |
#6 This past year has seen a number of stories in the MFM which were clearly engineered to goad Trump into firing Mueller. Trump hasn't taken the bait, so now its Rosenstein. As Levin noted, just like Comey, a fired Rod R. would suddenly become the left's BFF and it's Watergate II till doomsday. |
Posted by: PBMcL 2018-09-22 14:36 |
#5 NYT + McCabe = Bull$hit. The time is not yet right to dispose of Mr. Rosenstein, imo. |
Posted by: Spons Smiter of the Leprechauns9666 2018-09-22 13:24 |
#4 So how is the unredacted release of classified documents coming along, Rod? The American public wants to know. |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2018-09-22 12:13 |
#3 Sedition is no joke. |
Posted by: 49 Pan 2018-09-22 11:09 |
#2 Timely. You can read hundreds of articles in the feminist literature about how saying "I was just joking" is no defense. |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-09-22 08:44 |
#1 Two things are going to happen when this is over. For some, I will have your heads and for others, You may tender your resignations and place them in my Leather Briefcase right there. Bit Mind you, Do not leave town. We may want to talk to you. Also hand in your CAC Cards and Passports to the Front desk before you leave. |
Posted by: newc 2018-09-22 02:14 |