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| Rachel Brand, No. 3 official at DOJ, is stepping down-going to Walmart | ||
| 2018-02-10 | ||
| [NYTimes] Rachel L. Brand, the No. 3 official at the Justice Department, plans to step down after nine months on the job as the country’s top law enforcement agency has been under attack by President Trump, according to two people briefed on her decision. Ms. Brand’s profile had risen in part because she is next in the line of succession behind the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, who is overseeing the special counsel’s inquiry into Russian influence in the 2016 election. Mr. Trump, who has called the investigation a witch hunt, has considered firing Mr. Rosenstein. Ms. Brand, who became the associate attorney general in May, will become the global governance director at Walmart, the company’s top legal position, according to people briefed on her move. She has held politically appointed positions in the past three presidential administrations.
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #12 Defund the DOJ & FBI for a year - that's how it'll get done. That said, not with Ryan, McTurtle, etc. in Congress. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-02-10 17:56 |
| #11 With any luck, Trump is looking at everyone who recommended Sessions in the first place |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-02-10 14:18 |
| #10 Pulling all support out from under Sessions. Soon he will have to do something. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-02-10 13:56 |
| #9 It's good that they're getting rid of these people, but at this rate, half the political appointees will still be Obama holdovers when Trump is running for re-election. |
| Posted by: charger 2018-02-10 13:47 |
| #8 Is said line of succession spelled out in the Constitution. If not, its just so much shinola. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-02-10 13:33 |
| #7 Apparently, there is the DOJ line of succession which legal experts speak of. Maybe that's what's wrong with DoJ. Is it gonna be a "constitutional crisis" if Trump ignores it so he can appoint some honest people? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-02-10 11:38 |
| #6 Draining the swamp one reptile at a time. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-02-10 11:21 |
| #5 Apparently, there is the DOJ line of succession which legal experts speak of. I did not know this. Trump does unexpected things, it wouldn't seem like he would be handicapped by such notions. See the Gateway Pundit for this discussion. Somewhere in the decision-making is Sessions. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-02-10 08:40 |
| #4 According to the Gateway Pundit, a big deal. Robert Higdon will most likely replace Brand. The Swamp is being drained of Obama/Hillary acolytes. Perhaps the "Rule of Law" will return and replace criminality and the cult of personality. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-02-10 08:35 |
| #3 Greg Katsas-a Trumper D.C. Circuit nominee says he worked on White House response to Mueller probe So Brand was kicked out and Gunn was buried(preserved for future history?) by the WH. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-02-10 08:33 |
| #2 Ms. Brand’s assistant, Currie Gunn, has also left the department. Possibly, a Office Manager/Confidential Assistant with DoJ for 17 years. NYT reported that AAG Rachel Brand's assistant Currie Gunn had left the Justice Department. We've confirmed that Gunn has gone to work for DC Circuit Judge Greg Katsas Another link in the chain. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-02-10 08:28 |
| #1 rus·ti·cate [ˈrəstəˌkāt] VERB (BRITISH) suspend (a student) from a university as a punishment (used chiefly at Oxford and Cambridge). In earlier years when a Court Official annoyed the monarch they were temporarily exiled 'in disgrace' to their country estates away from the halls of power. In this case? A conniving courtier running for the border fleeing the wrath of the new sovereign. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-02-10 02:03 |