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2019-02-22 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Victoria Toensing: DOJ Planned A Coup Against Trump ‐ And The Press Doesn't Care

[Daily Caller] Andrew McCabe and Rod Rosenstein, along with other Department of Justice (DOJ) officials, plotted a political assassination of President Trump. Listen closely so you can hear the mainstream media’s crickets.

Former FBI acting Director McCabe confessed on 60 Minutes and elsewhere that he and Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein discussed ousting the president in May 2017, even going so far as contemplating Rosenstein’s wearing a wire to capture the words of the president regarding his reason for firing Comey. Their weapon for ousting the duly elected president: the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.

The limited media comments expose a dreadful ignorance of the law. A collective ho-hum was the response to McCabe’s claim that Trump’s firing Comey triggered the investigation. Some commentators, such as CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin, even claim to have a law degree. They must have skipped constitutional law class. The president has Article II authority to fire anyone in the executive branch for any reason or for no reason. Whatever President Trump stated regarding his firing of Comey ‐ and he has provided numerous reasons ‐ has no legal significance whatsoever.

Worse, the media seem unable to comprehend the plain meaning of the 25th Amendment, which has three purposes. First, to designate who succeeds the president in case of death or resignation, which is clearly not at issue here. The second, to provide the process of succession when the president "transmits" in writing to the House and Senate that he "is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office," is also irrelevant.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-02-22 05:10|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Of course the "press" cares - it's heart-broken that the coup failed.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-02-22 05:14|| 2019-02-22 05:14|| Front Page Top

#2 It's a matter of "they don't care" and more a matter of they were on board.

Posted by ed in texas 2019-02-22 07:28|| 2019-02-22 07:28|| Front Page Top

#3 If a majority of Trump's own Cabinet appointees felt he was not capable of performing his duties and voted to relieve him of them is that a coup? Or a legitimate use of the 25th? These people would presumably be on his side AND far more aware of his functionality than we. Few agreed he was incapable. If I was Trump I would call those in for a discussion, and likely ask for their resignations, but that's all.

Posted by Glenmore 2019-02-22 09:46|| 2019-02-22 09:46|| Front Page Top

#4 The press fully supported it and ran the narrative nonstop for the last two years.

Now that it has fallen apart they are doing their best to make sure it is chucked down memory hole.

Posted by DarthVader 2019-02-22 09:59|| 2019-02-22 09:59|| Front Page Top

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