Another Trump traitor goes down

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  1. Motorcity Gator

    Motorcity Gator Well-Known Member

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    This is the kind of subversive crap that makes me hate the guy:

    "Berman added, "I will step down when a presidentially appointed nominee is confirmed by the Senate. Until then, our investigations will move forward without delay or interruption."
    The news is one more piece of evidence that Trump is the anti-law-and-order President, despite his claims to the contrary. Trump touts law and order when it suits him, but attacks the courts and erodes our judicial system when it comes to his agenda and actions. He loves to tweet former President Richard Nixon's famous catchphrase — law and order — which Nixon used in the 1968 election against Hubert Humphrey to promise an end to the riots and protests that had shaken the nation. But the truth is, the Trump administration has repeatedly taken steps that undermine our nation's confidence that this White House adheres to the notion that nobody is above the law.
    Barr has been the point man in this strategy. He brings a level of legal sophistication and political savvy that Trump lacks and has repeatedly placed the political interests of the President above the law. When the Mueller investigation wrapped up, the attorney general framed the findings of the report in a way that exonerated the President from wrongdoing."
     
  2. Bobdawolverweasel

    Bobdawolverweasel Well-Known Member

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    Trump has the legal power to remove the US Atty even if he had been appointed by a federal judge because the position had not been filled. United States v. Hilario, 218 F.3d 19 (2000); United States v. Solomon, 216 F. Supp. 835 (1963).

    But, once again, administration dysfunction as Barr claimed Trump fired the US Atty but Trump in a press conference said the issue is Barr’s call. Barr, according to experts in this area of the law, does not have the power to fire.
     
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  3. Bobdawolverweasel

    Bobdawolverweasel Well-Known Member

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    But, the US Atty just reversed his statement from yesterday about staying put and is resigning so whether he could have legally challenged the firing is now a moot point.

     
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    Bobdawolverweasel Well-Known Member

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    And Berman states this about whether he believes his successor will follow the rule of law.

     
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  5. JO'Co

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    Uh...MotorG...

    You're arguing points of law with a lawyer...
     
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  6. Motorcity Gator

    Motorcity Gator Well-Known Member

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    I believe that Bobda is pointing out that Trump had to be one that fired Berman even though Trump denies it. That's about what I figured anyway....