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NCTraveler

(30,481 posts) Thu Aug 23, 2018, 03:34 PM Aug 2018

Sessions hits back at Trump: DOJ won't be 'improperly influenced'

Washington (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back at President Donald Trump Thursday afternoon, after Trump said he "never took control" of the Justice Department.

"While I am Attorney General, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations. I demand the highest standards, and where they are not met, I take action. However, no nation has a more talented, more dedicated group of law enforcement investigators and prosecutors than the United States," Sessions said in a statement.

"I took control of the Department of Justice the day I was sworn in, which is why we have had unprecedented success at effectuating the President's agenda -- one that protects the safety and security and rights of the American people, reduces violent crime, enforces our immigration laws, promotes economic growth, and advances religious liberty."

"I am proud to serve with them and proud of the work we have done in successfully advancing the rule of law," he added.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/23/politics/jeff-sessions-donald-trump/index.html

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Sessions hits back at Trump: DOJ won't be 'improperly influenced' (Original Post) NCTraveler Aug 2018 OP

i wonder if Sessions has plea deal with the Special Counsel underthematrix Aug 2018 #1

I think o'l jeff sees a kink in the bosses armor mitch96 Aug 2018 #2

Boy, Sessions certainly threaded the needle well in his comments. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2018 #4

When you lose your top elf, you've got problems. Gothmog Aug 2018 #3

For this thread Gothmog Aug 2018 #5

Wow! Jeff knows he is gone. kentuck Aug 2018 #6

K&R Scurrilous Aug 2018 #7

underthematrix

(5,811 posts)

1. i wonder if Sessions has plea deal with the Special Counsel

Reply to NCTraveler (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 03:47 PM

Aug 2018

mitch96

(15,873 posts)

2. I think o'l jeff sees a kink in the bosses armor

Reply to underthematrix (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 04:15 PM

Aug 2018

and he wants to be on the right side of history...
"I was a loyal follower but now I see the light"..... Hopefully he will keep the special council on track and not let the orange shit stain interfere.. He's taken enough from him and paybacks are a bitch...
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dixiegrrrrl

(60,173 posts)

4. Boy, Sessions certainly threaded the needle well in his comments.

Reply to mitch96 (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 06:08 PM

Aug 2018

telling trump NO on one hand, to cover his ass, then immediately stroking Trump's need to win.

All Trump will see is the No, and I think he is working his way up to canning Sessions.

Trump is quickly losing a LOT of the support that matters.