{"id":26594,"date":"2018-08-02T07:42:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T11:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=26594"},"modified":"2018-08-02T07:42:37","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T11:42:37","slug":"trump-tells-jeff-sessions-to-end-mueller-investigation-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=26594","title":{"rendered":"Trump Tells Jeff Sessions To End Mueller Investigation &#8220;Right Now&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>President Trump was later then normal to take to his Twitter account this morning, but nevertheless provided a triumvirate of tweets that doubled down on his views of the Russia probe and what should be done about it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/180529-sessionsp-cheat_ldouxi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101850\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/180529-sessionsp-cheat_ldouxi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump began with a two-fer tweet, quoting Alan Dershowitz:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<strong>FBI Agent Peter Strzok (on the Mueller team) should have recused himself on day one.\u00a0<\/strong>He was out to STOP THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP. He needed an insurance policy. Those are illegal, improper goals, trying to influence the Election. He should never, ever been allowed to remain in the FBI while he himself was being investigated.\u00a0<strong>This is a real issue. It won\u2019t go into a Mueller Report because Mueller is going to protect these guys. Mueller has an interest in creating the illusion of objectivity around his investigation.<\/strong>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cFBI Agent Peter Strzok (on the Mueller team) should have recused himself on day one. He was out to STOP THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP. He needed an insurance policy. Those are illegal, improper goals, trying to influence the Election. He should never, ever been allowed to&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1024641683600879616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;..remain in the FBI while he himself was being investigated. This is a real issue. It won\u2019t go into a Mueller Report because Mueller is going to protect these guys. Mueller has an interest in creating the illusion of objectivity around his investigation.\u201d ALAN DERSHOWITZ&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1024644767924334593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And then Trump took aim at his own AG,\u00a0<strong>demanding the probe be shut down &#8220;right now&#8221;&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">..This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further. Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 Angry Democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to USA!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1024646945640525826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sessions, who has recused himself from supervising the Mueller investigation, didn\u2019t immediately respond to the president\u2019s tweet. Sarah Isgur Flores, a spokeswoman for the Justice Department, declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said last summer he would have chosen a different attorney general had he known Sessions would recuse himself from supervising the investigation of election interference. Trump has periodically launched barrages of public attacks on Sessions related to the special counsel\u2019s investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s tweet was immediately condemned by some Democratic lawmakers as a blatant attempt to obstruct justice:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe President of the United States just called on his Attorney General to put an end to an investigation in which the President, his family and campaign may be implicated,&#8221; Representative Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said on Twitter. &#8220;This is an attempt to obstruct justice hiding in plain sight. America must never accept it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Trump was not done as he made sure the American public understand his relationship with Paul Manafort&#8230;<strong><em>&#8220;These old charges have nothing to do with Collusion &#8211; a Hoax!&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Paul Manafort worked for Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole and many other highly prominent and respected political leaders. He worked for me for a very short time. Why didn\u2019t government tell me that he was under investigation. These old charges have nothing to do with Collusion &#8211; a Hoax!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1024649463435067398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And once again pinned the blame on the real colluders&#8230;&#8221;<em>The Democrats paid for the phony and discredited Dossier which was, along with Comey, McCabe, Strzok and his lover, the lovely Lisa Page, used to begin the Witch Hunt. Disgraceful!<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Russian Collusion with the Trump Campaign, one of the most successful in history, is a TOTAL HOAX. The Democrats paid for the phony and discredited Dossier which was, along with Comey, McCabe, Strzok and his lover, the lovely Lisa Page, used to begin the Witch Hunt. Disgraceful!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1024656465158721536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-08-01\/trump-urges-ag-sessions-stop-dirty-democrats-rigged-witch-hunt-right-now\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-08-01\/trump-urges-ag-sessions-stop-dirty-democrats-rigged-witch-hunt-right-now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}