Dems Demand Sessions Recuse Himself On Confirmation Votes
... Sessions does end up voting on other Trump picks, it would be unprecedented: there is no example of a sitting senator who’s been nominated for the Cabinet participating in a roll call vote on another Cabinet-level nomination, according to information from the Senate Historical Office. And when two lower-level nominations came to the Senate floor after then-Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) was nominated as secretary of state in December 2012, Kerry did not vote on either of them, according to Senate voting records. By Michael Crowley. From the Democrats’ view, the strategy is two-fold: If Sessions does vote, they can launch a new ethics-oriented attack at another member of Trump’s Cabinet by raising conflict-of-interest concerns. But if Sessions does acquiesce to their demands, that would deny Republicans a reliable GOP vote on controversial nominees, such as secretary of state pick Rex Tillerson, who may already face narrow margins of error. For weeks, Blumenthal, in an effort blessed by Democratic leadership, has pressed Sessions through a letter and in a private meeting to recuse himself from confirmation votes. But ...
Sessions Should Resign Over Russian Conversations
... it will. You don't have to - I mean, I understand people trying to defend their employees. But at the same time, this is not about Trump - President Trump. This is about something that Sessions did. And so he needs to let the. MARTIN: Congressman, let me ask you this. CUMMINGS. Process roll as it should. MARTIN: Congressman, let me ask you this - at this point, you know, it's the same man. It's the Russian ambassador to the U. S., Sergey Kislyak. This is. CUMMINGS: Yes. MARTIN: This is the man who Mike Flynn had had phone conversations with, and eventually that led to Mike Flynn's firing. This is now the man who Jeff Sessions has reportedly had these meetings with. At this point, would you like to see a more fulsome revelation of whomever has had conversations with Kislyak? Does everyone need to divulge that at this point. CUMMINGS: Yeah, we really do need to know that. I don't know, though, that we'll ever be able to get that information. ...
Is This The Answer To Your 'stranger Things' Separation Anxiety
... Things largely focused on the disappearance of Will Byers. The OA will also deal with the odd circumstances surrounded the whereabouts of a main character: Prairie Johnson. Similar to Stranger Things, The OA also appears to hint at what looks like medical experimentation, with one scene in the trailer featuring Johnson having some sort of device lowered on her head. This may be, however, where the Stranger Things comparisons end. The OA will undoubtedly be its own series, set on making its own unique mark on the streaming platform. And unlike Stranger Things, which largely deals with the journey of adolescents, The OA appears to revolve predominately around the circumstances of adulthood. Fans of thrilling mysteries will undoubtedly want to set some time aside Friday, when Netflix will be dropping all episodes from The OA's first season. It looks like Dec. 16 is no longer just ...
Bales Of Marijuana Concealing Nukes Can Cross Border
... with CNN’s Brianna Keilar on President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall. “The reality, Brianna, is that we have to measure all of the costs, ancillary and otherwise, and make the best decision that we can. But I can suggest to you that there are national security implications here for a porous border,” Franks said. “We sometimes used to make the point that if someone wanted to smuggle in a dangerous weapon, even a nuclear weapon, into America, how would they do it? And the suggestion was made, ‘Well, we'll simply hide it in a bale of marijuana.’”. “So the implications of a porous border have national security dimensions that are very significant and that bear a lot of conversation when we talk about costs," he said. This was not Frank’s first reference to a nuclear weapon traveling across the border in a bale of marijuana. In fact, he raised the ...
Jeff Sessions Lied About Russia Meetings Video
... during his attorney general confirmation hearing that he met twice with the Russian ambassador to the U. S. before the presidential election. Now Democrats and others are calling for him to resign for lying under oath, or at least recuse himself from any investigation on Russia’s interference with the election. On the ABC talk show, Whoopi Goldberg asked, “Does he have to go?”. Joy Behar and Jedediah Bila immediately answered “yes.” But Sunny Hostin didn’t agree, at least at first, because Sessions was asked about having contact in a campaign capacity, when he was merely a senator at the time. “I don’t know that he was part of the campaign, so there’s that technicality. But a hint of impropriety of there,” the lawyer argued. She went on, “I don’t know that he was misleading under oath, but I do think he has to recuse ...
Billionaire Wilbur Ross Confirmed Despite Questions Over Ties To Russian Oligarchs Close To Putin
... and Congressman Brady will signal that we now are in a shift and that the Republicans on Capitol Hill are looking out not for Donald Trump, not for the Republican Party, but for our country, so that we can get to the issue of, to paraphrase Richard Nixon again, people have got to know their president is not a traitor. And if he is, they’ve got to remove him yesterday. AMY GOODMAN: We’ll leave it there. Again, that breaking news, House Majority Leader Kevin Mc Carthy and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Jason Chaffetz both calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself. David Cay Johnston, we’re going to link to your pieces , Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, author of The Making of Donald Trump, former New York Times reporter. And thank you so much to James Henry, economist, lawyer and senior adviser with the Tax Justice Network. We will link to your pieces in The American Interest and __link__. This is Democracy Now! When we come back, an immigrant, fleeing from violence in El Salvador, comes to the United States. She’s in the hospital with a brain tumor. ICE takes ...
10 Times Media Figures Demanded The Recusal Of An Attorney General
... From a Nexis transcript of the June 30 edition of CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper. JAKE TAPPER (HOST): Carl, this comes at the time where Hillary Clinton herself just acknowledged that she has a trust deficit among many, many voters, especially independents and there are a lot of voters out there who think, A, she's not trustworthy and, B, the Clintons don't think the rules apply to them and boom, this story. CARL BERNSTEIN: This plays right into Trump's hand, but the terrible thing is the incredible lapse in judgment by both the Attorney General and Bill Clinton. It's inexplicable, it's wrong, it's improper and she needs the Attorney General to now recuse herself from overseeing this investigation and turn it over to the Deputy Attorney General in charge of the criminal division. It's unthinkable that she can go on being in charge of this investigation. [CNN, The Lead with Jake Tapper, 6/30/16, via Nexis]. Republican Political Pundit Michael Reagan. Reagan Told Newsmax Lynch Should Recuse Herself From Clinton Investigation. Political pundit Michael Reagan told Newsmax host J. D. Hayworth that ...
I Will Recuse Myself From Future Hillary Clinton Investigations
... it was a highly contentious campaign. I, like a lot of people, made comments about the issues in that campaign with regard to Secretary Clinton. And some of the comments I made, I do believe that could place my objectivity in question.”. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER. “I’ve given that thought. I believe the proper thing to do would be to recuse myself from any questions involving those kind of investigations that involved Secretary Clinton and that were raised during the campaign, or could be otherwise connected to it,” he said. “To be very clear, you intend to recuse yourself from both the Clinton email investigation and any matters involving the Clinton Foundation if there are any?” Grassley asked. “Yes,” Sessions said firmly. “Let me follow up again, because it’s important. When you say you’ll recuse, you mean you’ll actually recuse, and the decision will therefore fall to I assume a deputy attorney general?” Grassley asked. “I ...
Rep. Norcross Urges President To Fund Infrastructure Plans
... the public/private partnerships I think absolutely have to come into effect here in order for us to really put the $1 trillion that the president has to make. Williams: This has been brought up before, by President Obama. It didn’t get any traction at the time. Why do you think it’s going to get traction now. Norcross: Well the fact of the matter, it became part of the presidential campaign — which means both of the candidates were talking about rebuilding our ports, our airports or roads. The fact that Donald Trump has made it as part of his mission to fix our roads and bridges. I think that automatically gets put on the front burner. Williams: Are there workers with the right skills ready and waiting to work on infrastructure projects. Norcross: Well, it’s so important that when the work does come that we have a workforce that is able to do it. We’re encouraging the president to use the existing apprenticeship programs that are in place across this nation. There are close to 1,000 apprenticeship halls that are training ...
What Does Trump's 'day Of Patriotic Devotion' Really Mean
... There are no greater people than the American citizenry, and as long as we believe in ourselves, and our country, there is nothing we cannot accomplish. NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 20, 2017, as National Day of Patriotic Devotion, in order to strengthen our bonds to each other and to our country - and to renew the duties of Government to the people. It’s hard to imagine Trump tweeting: “A new national pride stirs the American soul” in one of his tweets. It sounds more like the language of his inaugural address, which the administration has insisted Trump wrote himself, but which was reportedly actually written by former Breitbart News head Steve Bannon and senior adviser Stephen Miller. The proclamation speaks of the need to “strengthen our bonds to each other and to our country.” That parallels this section from his speech on Friday. At the bedrock of our politics will be a ...
Sen. Rubio Wants To Know Why Sessions Didn't Disclose Russian Meetings
... this investigation. Are you learning anything. RUBIO: Well, I'm not going to comment on the work of the investigation until it's complete for obvious reasons. Suffice it to say, we're working hard. I spend a significant amount of time everyday on aspects of it, and it's one of the most important things, if not the most important thing, I've done in my six years and two months in the Senate. And you know - and we're going to do a good job. And if we don't, I'm going to let everybody know that it wasn't a good job because, as I said, to me this is beyond partisanship. This is about our republic. INSKEEP: In a sentence or two, how would you rank the danger of Russia to the United States right now. RUBIO: Well, it is a geopolitical danger. There's no doubt. Obviously, we face numerous dangers, but Russia is a significant threat to our national security. And I say not the Russian people - Vladimir Putin and ...
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