Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker (New Supervisor of the Mueller Probe)

thats another bizarre thing about trump constantly attacking CNN. they have his supporters and surrogates on there all the time defending him. corey lewendowski was a paid commentator at the same time he was on trumps payroll!

cnn gives his supporters airtime to defend him and straight up lie, which youre right, is a form of journalistic malpractice. trump should be thanking CNN for allowing this.

he pretty much ignores the more outwardly liberal/democrat msnbc and instead has chosen to go to war with CNN, who of the three major cable news networks does the best job of giving "both sides" time to make their argument.

i wonder if its done as a way to keep his supporters from venturing over there to see whats going on. there is a danger that the less brainwashed of his supporters might be turned off by fox and want to go elsewhere. this strategy of constantly attacking CNN might help keep his supporters locked into fox. he doesnt need to attack MSNBC b/c he doesnt need to worry about any of his supporters going to them. its CNN that could peel away fox viewers, so maybe thats why he goes after them?

 

Trump's appointment of this guy is a high crime against the united states.

If Republicans have an ounce of patriotism and pride left for this great country, they will impeach Trump immediately.

But I doubt it - it seems they only care whether or not a black man stands during the national anthem at a football game

 

LOL, this is what caused trump to fire the last one...

 

One could almost get the impression that DOJ senior ethics officials are effectively safeguarding proper conduct of the investigation, despite all efforts to the contrary.

 

Pretty comical watching mojoman pretending to be a calm and rational poster. What are the odds for when he melts down and reverts to normal frothy form?

 

I wonder if this is the reason whitaker all of a sudden is agreeable to recusing himself?

 

What if Q Anon was actually Jeff Sessions and Trumped goofed and booted him before he could finish investigating the Clintons?

 

And here is why trump has tried to lie about his relationship with whitaker...its pretty clear he would have to recuse himself.

 

I don't think there is a chance Whitaker will recuse himself.

 

I love that Whittaker is on record as claiming that Marbury v. Madison is the worst Supreme Court decision ever. And hes in charge of the Justice Department.

Of course he's not going to be worried about ethical minutiae like whether he should recuse himself. He essentially thinks the Supreme Court as it exists is "a mistake".

 

Maryland sues to stop Trump's ‘unconstitutional‘ appointment of
Whitaker as acting AG


Maryland is involved in a lawsuit against ihe US Gov't on matters related to the ACA;

in this connection, it is seeking an injunction that would prevent the Trump administration from
responding to the state's lawsuit, or,
in the alternative, for a federal judge to name Rosenstein as a defendant over Whitaker.​

https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/maryland-trumps-appointment-of-whitaker-as-acting-ag

 

I disagree. There’s a very good chance he had not considered potential obstruction of justice liabilities he faces when taking any actions on the Mueller probe.

He also didn’t know the Democrats would take back the House when he accepted the gig. He also didn’t know that the state of Maryland would file a lawsuit that would go to a federal judge.

I could definitely see him back peddling and giving into the pressure to recuse.

 

Jeff Sessions was awfully quick to recuse himself after his meeting with senior ethics officials from his DoJ.

 

I would say being intolerant towards the protected classes and even then I'd include the poor and the underserved.

 

And herein lies the paradox when Christians start ragging on the gays and the Mooslims, denying them basic civil rights.

 

I get that position. I can see how that should at least be the starting point of the analysis (not discounting that you may feel and maybe it should be dispositive.) Thanks for responding directly to the question.