Oh, yes, the shade of it all…
Yesterday Trump blasted Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Twitter, which he has done before. But this time was HARSH.
“Why is A.G. Jeff Sessions asking the Inspector General to investigate potentially massive FISA abuse. Will take forever, has no prosecutorial power and already late with reports on Comey etc. Isn’t the I.G. an Obama guy? Why not use Justice Department lawyers? DISGRACEFUL!“
It was all over the news that Sessions was humiliated in public once again with the POTUS trying to tell him how to do his job.
According to Axios, who got this scoop,
“If Donald Trump finally follows through on his rage and fires Jeff Sessions, the image with this story will be printed in history books.”
Last night, Sessions walked into a high-end Washington restaurant to dine with his deputy Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the Mueller investigation and the Solicitor General Noel Francisco, who is his number 2 at D.O.J..
The point being made here visually, seems to be if you fire Sessions, then what? Fire Rosenstein? And then what after that?
Axios reported that sources close to the situation say that yesterday felt different than Trump’s usual rages. Sessions’ allies are concerned that Trump is totally fed up with his AG.
A source close to Sessions, who has spoken with him, says that Francisco requested the meeting and that it was,
“in no way planned as pushback or an act of solidarity against the president.“
OK. But you DO have offices for meetings during the day, right?
Waiting for the morning poop tweets about this pic from Trump. Will update.
Why is A.G. Jeff Sessions asking the Inspector General to investigate potentially massive FISA abuse. Will take forever, has no prosecutorial power and already late with reports on Comey etc. Isn’t the I.G. an Obama guy? Why not use Justice Department lawyers? DISGRACEFUL!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 28, 2018
AG Sessions, Dep AG Rosenstein and Solicitor General Francisco very publicly out to dinner together tonight.
Kind of Last Supper-ish, isn’t it? pic.twitter.com/JkCsJZS1zO— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 1, 2018
(Photo, Axios, Twitter; via Axios)
