President Trump: “I put in an attorney general who never took control of the Justice Department.”

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It’s time to correct that, Mr. President.
Wall Street Journal:

Speaking to Fox News, Mr. Trump delivered one of his harshest attacks yet on Mr. Sessions, questioning his character for recusing himself in the Russia investigation.

“What kind of man is this?” the president asked.

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No man at all.

Mr. Sessions later issued a sharp response, declaring in a statement: “While I am Attorney General, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.”
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Mr. Sessions last year relinquished control of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, citing his involvement in the Trump campaign. In cases arising out of that investigation, Special Counsel Robert Mueller has now netted convictions or guilty pleas from four Trump campaign aides, and contributed to the prosecution of a fifth.

“I put in an attorney general who never took control of the Justice Department,” the president said.

In his statement, Mr. Sessions defended the Justice Department’s performance under his leadership, while saying it will remain independent of political considerations.

If only the Department of Justice that Trump had inherited from the Obama administration were independent of political considerations. Holder stacked it with hard left/islamic supremacist ideologues.

Trump says Jeff Sessions ‘never took control of the Justice Department’

By Kevin Liptak and Clare Foran, CNN, August 23, 2018:

on Sessions: What kind of man is he? 01:19

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump again lambasted his attorney general as woefully ineffective during an interview aired on Thursday.
“I put in an attorney general who never took control of the Justice Department. Jeff Sessions, never took control of the Justice Department. It’s sort of an incredible thing,” Trump said on Fox News, bemoaning Sessions’ failure to investigate a myriad of perceived injustices against Trump and his campaign.
He pinpointed Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation — a longtime sore spot for the President — as an act of deep disloyalty.
“It’s a very, very sad day. Jeff Sessions recused himself, which he shouldn’t have done or he should have told me,” he said. “Even my enemies say that Jeff Sessions should have told you that he was going to recuse himself and then you wouldn’t have put him in.”

Earlier this month, Trump escalated his criticism of the nation’s top law enforcement officer when he said in a tweet that Sessions is “scared stiff and Missing in Action.”
During the interview, Trump didn’t directly answer whether he planned to fire Sessions or deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the Russia investigation.
“I will stay uninvolved and maybe that’s the best thing to do,” he said.

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Chris W.
Chris W.
5 years ago

“Mr. Sessions later issued a sharp response, declaring in a statement: “While I am Attorney General, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.”” – Please explain why Peter Strzok enjoyed employment in your Justice Department for 18 months, particularly once it was known that he was politically compromised as far back as 2017.

Suresh
Suresh
5 years ago
Reply to  Chris W.

Agree. And he does what his Demonrat junior Rod tell him to do !

He is part of clinton mafia so going after Trump with fake cases . Either they are using blackmail to get him to continue with the farce to subvert elected president or he is part of their gang like Mc Cain.

Clinton mafia still active after Trump takeover as they kill another witness to email investigation http://tinyurl.com/y8p9cv5l

They know their hold overs in FBI / DOJ /NSC will help them out !

Unless they are totally purged including Left/Liberal judges to keep out their bias …its uphill task to prosecute them.

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago
Reply to  Chris W.

Now, you can’t make him do that. He was too busy during that time calculating his retirement benefits for when he leaves office. I mean, come on. The man’s got his priorities.

Kalambong Kalambong
Kalambong Kalambong
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

The truth is Donald J. Trump erred by putting SLEEPING SESSIONS in charge of the DoJ

Rob Porter
Rob Porter
5 years ago

No doubt he was poorly advised regarding who he should appoint as AG.

dad1927
dad1927
5 years ago

more like drug sessions

Mohammed_Goldberg
Mohammed_Goldberg
5 years ago

Jeff Sessions was hired to do a job of which he is totally incapable of doing. Take a job, recuse yourself from everything, and get a paycheck every two weeks along with all benefits. Typical bureaucrat attitude.

Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner
5 years ago

The word “recuse” will forever go down in the annals of history to mean take inaction even if it is the proper thing to do. Instead of standing up, offer fear of Obama Hillary and the Deep State. Do NOT fear God.

Recuse actually means “refuse” to take action to save this dying republic from the certainty of God’s judgment on it for fear of man in place of fearful reverence of God.

Miss Fortune
Miss Fortune
5 years ago

What a fool I was. I was actually thrilled with this pick at the time. He should be ashamed, big faker.

Linda Farley Rogers
Linda Farley Rogers
5 years ago
Reply to  Miss Fortune

Me too

WM1
WM1
5 years ago
Reply to  Miss Fortune

Thanks for your honesty. So was I. One of the worst errors in judgment I’ve ever made in life. Shame on me…

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago
Reply to  WM1

You and Miss Fortune were not alone….I was fooled as well….the Sessions Hobbit ran a great scam on President Trump and the American people…..the only people who will put up statues of him are the Libtards….which we conservatives will promptly tear down.

CreoleGumbo
CreoleGumbo
5 years ago
Reply to  Miss Fortune

Well if it makes you feel any better, you are not alone. I too was thrilled initially at this pick. But JS fooled us and he fooled Trump. I just don’t understand why Trump has not gotten rid of him.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago
Reply to  CreoleGumbo

….because the Left would use that as President Trump trying to cover up something. Once Trump realized his mistake he was smart….he let this play out so that by the time he fires Sissy Swamp Sessions his supporters -us- will be happy and relieved….Sessions will either be gone after the MidTerms or right after New Year day……
Next question: Who will he replace him with? Does Pompeo have a brother?

Tell It Right
Tell It Right
5 years ago
Reply to  ladywarrior

I’m still thrilled by Trump picking Sessions as AG. I used to doubt Sessions years ago and all. I called him Sleeping Sessions and all. And I was proven wrong when Sessions dropped the hammer. I won’t doubt him again.

CreoleGumbo
CreoleGumbo
5 years ago
Reply to  Tell It Right

Ha ha. We seem to be kindred spirits. I never liked or trusted Sessions in the past. But when he started talking about getting tough about immigration I figured that my instincts may have been wrong. But like you, I now see that my initial impression was right. He is a little weasel.

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago

WTF does this Sessions guy do all day. Does he hide in the gov cafeteria, reading what the NYT says about him and wait for quitting time to slip out the back door? If Trump were to go out into the streets of D.C. and pick ANY random person to be his Attorney General, he could do no worse than Jeff Sessions.

CreoleGumbo
CreoleGumbo
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

Maybe I can apply for the job. Do you have to be a lawyer?

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago
Reply to  CreoleGumbo

No…you do not.

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago
Reply to  CreoleGumbo

Nope. Just know how to look busy at all times, give good press interviews and blame everyone else for your problems

CreoleGumbo
CreoleGumbo
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

Well I guess my husband is right. I am too honest which means I can’t blame others for my faults and I speak the truth – which pisses people off.

Chris Wolf
Chris Wolf
5 years ago

Jeff Sessions is a Zombie and needs to be taken out.
He has the gall and stupidity to play the “political considerations” card after Trump — who has exhibited the patience of Job with this fool — has no choice but to finally ask what might have been if he had actually appointed an ally as AG.
It’s weird how Sessions’s prissy, fussy claim of being above “political considerations” echoes the equally Pollyannish and too-clever-by-half cowardice of Rod Rosenstein, claiming Trump’s criticism of him was “extortion”! LOL!!!
Trump’s biggest mistake has been to assume that men with jobs in government are men. Put these two weasels out of our misery. They’re poster boys for what a Russian Ambassador recently pointed to as a failure of courage in America over the past 30 years.

Chris Wolf
Chris Wolf
5 years ago

It looks like we will have to wait until after the election to say Good Riddance to the FOOL/FAILURE Jeff Sessions.
But then we will have a Trump ally and American Patriot leading Justice AND a new special counsel turning over the big flat rock on Clinton, Comey, Mueller, Rosenstein, and History’s Most Ignominious Traitor — “obama.”

Chris Wolf
Chris Wolf
5 years ago

AG Mark Levine.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago
Reply to  Chris Wolf

Levine is very knowledgeable….but he lacks the “temperament” for that job.

gfmucci
gfmucci
5 years ago

Sessions is the Neville Chamberlain of Attorney Generals.

aebe
aebe
5 years ago
Reply to  gfmucci

He’s kinda short for pro basketball .

Chris Wolf
Chris Wolf
5 years ago

AG Mark Levin

tatka150
tatka150
5 years ago
Reply to  Chris Wolf

AG Trey Gowdy. The best of the best.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago
Reply to  tatka150

I used to love Gowdy….but over the past two years he’s been all over the map. Plus, he backed Little Marco in the primaries and was one of the Never Trumpers who was at the Sea Island, GA, conference of RINOs trying to stop Trump from being elected. You can’t depend on him to support Trump and his agenda…..he’s already proven that in Congress…..

WM1
WM1
5 years ago
Reply to  Chris Wolf

Sessions isn’t even in the same universe as Mark Levin! Great choice.

MAS
MAS
5 years ago

I’d like to know just what kind of smut the deep state has on Sessions and his ilk…

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

Please get rid of the little man. Tickle his ears or something BUT JUST MAKE HIM GO!!!

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
5 years ago

Phantom AG Jeff Sessions is about as useful as tits on a boar hog. At this late date, how much credibility has he?

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago

I think we know the answer to that….he’s a Swamp Hobbit….and will not be there much past the MidTerms….

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
5 years ago
Reply to  ladywarrior

My sentiments exactly. Trump is waiting till after the mid-terms so the commiecrats can’t use Sessions’ dismissal as a flashpoint in their attempted silent coup.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago

This is a lesson to all of us….just because someone runs alongside of you acting like your biggest fan during an election…..doesn’t mean they are actually your fan….it could mean they are a plant by devious factions…..in Sissy Swamp Sessions’ case….he was a plant who knew exactly what he was going to do to Trump within 20 hours of being sworn in….devious and covert.

Hey, Jeffy….since your state went for President Trump….where will you go after you get fired? Back home? Good luck with that. However, I’m thinking you’ll go to one of those Soros “think-tanks” like Flakey Flake for a 7 figure job. I hope President Trump jerks your security clearance the minute you step out of the DOJ….I would.

You are a traitorous little Hobbit….to your state, your country, and your President. Don’t let the door hit you in the rear on the way out.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago

It’s all about timing and more timing.
As for Pirro…she has some baggage in her past …something to do with some charges against her husband she made go away. And she’s too quick to shoot off her mouth…sometimes incautiously….I like her as a person, but she could get in a lot of trouble in that Swamp at the DOJ….

How about Jay Sekulow or Gregg Jarrett? Very big Constitutionalists…..

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
5 years ago

I think President Trump has shown that he has a really great “pair”…..
And until you know what all he knows about the inside of that Swamp…you just have to trust that he knows what he’s doing….
…I personally think he’s waiting for the MidTerms to be over….he’s not going to rock the boat until all votes are in….if he fired Sessions before that the Left would have a field day saying Trump is covering up something and it could affect the fringe Republicans (RINOs) and the Independents’ votes….
Stay the course….Sessions should be gone at least by the New Year….if not, then there is a reason we don’t know yet.

joc22
joc22
5 years ago

Why hasn’t the POTUS gotten rid of this useless AG? He surely isn’t working for hi,m or the interests or the majority of US citizens.
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YancyHomes1
YancyHomes1
5 years ago

Sessions should take control today. He should tell Mr. Mueller that he (Sessions) and not Rosenstein, is in charge of everything that Mueller is looking into, that does not pertain to Russian collusion with the Trump campaign. I am shocked that Sessions allowed such broad powers to Mueller, since he only recused himself on the Russian collusion investigation. If sessions does not do this forthwith, than I’m afraid that Pres. Trump is correct in saying that Sessions never took control of the DOJ.

Poptoy1949
Poptoy1949
5 years ago

I agree he has got to go especially if the dems take back the house.

dad1927
dad1927
5 years ago

so fire that democrat

John Nosser
John Nosser
5 years ago

That is the worst thing about Sessions, he never took charge of the DOJ once confirmed, and only uses his recusal from the Russia investigation as an excuse to do virtually nothing. He is no leader, and has reached a level of incompetence as chief U.S. Attorney General. He certainly should be fired after the red wave this fall! It is a performance consideration, not a political one Mr. Sessions!

The biggest thing he has done, is to attempt to go after marijuana users in a state like Colorado, where it has been made legal by the state. This would be a Constitutional crisis if he attempted it. No Constitutional mandate has been given to the Federal government to make drug laws. It is a states right issue, and the state law has power in that state over a contrary Federal law. Only in the states where there is no such law can the Federal government enforce it. Only after considerable debate, did he stop trying to enforce this part of the law which had been made legal in the state. I can see his error, and I am not a Constitutional Law expert.

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