Here we go. Jeff Sessions resigns as AG

[BKMMAFAN]

He can order the DEA via the AG to reschedule cannabis, so yes he technically can. However, Trump cannot create a framework for cannabis to be sold, taxed, and regulated; that would be the responsibility of Congress. Of course, there's no chance in hell that Trump would just legalize it without giving the government a way to profit from it, so we're stuck waiting on Congress for this one.

Yes. That's what I was getting at in terms of full legalization. Rescheduling to 4 or 5 would still leave it subject to regulations under the CSA. Actual legalization would require Congressional action, which is very unlikely to occur, imo.

 

[PEB]

President Trump is playing 4D chess he wants Democrats to react to it. They need to avoid falling for it. They need to continue talking about fair wages, healthcare, infrastructure spending, jobs, budget, military overreach. Most Americans already know he is drawing in the Democrats.

 

[Cake4Breakfast]

Who cares what he thinks?

Everyone who isn't a shit eating Trumpleforeskin.

 

[nac386]

And with this democrats begin hysterically bemoaning the loss of the most regressive, socially conservative USAG I can remember. What a time to be alive

Certainly nobody that liked this post actually thought it was an honest assessment of the situation, right? Lol.

 

[Joe]

4D checkers

Lol you think trump is going to out chess Mueller? Hahaha

 

[BangersAndSmash]

4D checkers

Is that where you move chess pieces around like checkers because you don't know how to play chess? If so, I'm a master of 4D checkers.

 

[kpt018]

Trump, the master manipulator. He's smart but in all the wrong ways. Selfish and evil......

This does 2 things

1.) Takes any wind out of the Dem win of the house by eating news cycles
2.) Lets him put in a cronie that will kill the Russia investigation and obstruct anything the Dems try to do

I'm speculating a bit here, but I think the timing is due to the possibility that Mueller has some real deep shit to reveal and he's prepping to fire him.

I'm not sure how much #1 matters. I agree with you that Trump wants to dominate news cycles and doesn't want to hear about the loss but I would say who cares, let him have it. Democrats have now taken real power and the ability to investigate Trump and the GOP and stop their agenda dead in it's tracks.

I get that wasn't your point but your post just sparked this thought.

 

[drstrangelov]

Sessions being fired is no great loss to the country. With the democrats taking the house though, is there any real way for Trump to stop or limit an investigation into charges of corruption? It seems like the best time to let him go, maybe you buy a few months with the heat off before the new Congress is seated.

 

[D3thr0n3d K1ng]

Funny how this came out right after Trumps son was telling people he expects to get indicted....

Must be total coincidence....

 

[Joe]

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[MikeMcMann]

Now, keep in mind that the new AG can only fire the special counsel "for cause", with which it being an active criminal investigation, could be found to be Obstruction of Justice if that "cause" isn't...causal enough.

Bold strategy, let's see who gets arrested.

how can this guy possibly be in charge of Mueller? Where is the ethics office?

He also stated he would just give Muller such a small budget to investigate to choke off the investigation without officially ending it.

 

[Falsedawn]

He also stated he would just give Muller such a small budget to investigate to choke off the investigation without officially ending it.

Luckily any substantial changes and any reasoning are subject to House subpoena power. It's a quick way to give the optics of guilt and depending on any testimony, the confirmation of guilt.

 

[rearnakedchoke]

Can someone explain to me why this happened the day after the elections?

 

[MikeMcMann]

He's Canadian. He doesn't know how things work.

Hey!!!

As a Canadian myself I resemble that comment but then again i look @HereticBD posts and...

 

[ChillBroBaggins]

Assuming Whitaker decides to put a halt to Mueller and the House picks it up, the endless talking point will be about a Dem majority investigating outside the scope of the DoJ. It won't be rational, but they'll cry foul.

 

[MikeMcMann]

Luckily any substantial changes and any reasoning are subject to House subpoena power. It's a quick way to give the optics of guilt and depending on any testimony, the confirmation of guilt.

ya apparently the House could subpoena all the reports and records and even bring on Muller to finish the investigation.

 

[kpt018]

Can someone explain to me why this happened the day after the elections?

A resignation before the election would have been a huge advantage for Democrats.

 

[Falsedawn]

Can someone explain to me why this happened the day after the elections?

Firing Sessions pre-midterm would have been the catalyst to upwards of a million people taking to the streets, possibly effecting a senate shift in what (ultimately was) a safe year for Republicans. Democrats are already fired up, that would have made them vote come hell or high water. With the margins some of these senators won by, that's a dangerous proposition.

Now, you still have that same probability of mass mobilization, but 2 years until the next election. It's a calculated gamble that may or not pay off depending on what Mueller already knows.

 

[D3thr0n3d K1ng]

Can someone explain to me why this happened the day after the elections?

The Dems control the House of Representatives now and have more resources and leverage to keep pushing the Russia investigation. So things just got a bit worse for Trump which is why hes throwing all the cards on the table now.

 

[Falsedawn]

ya apparently the House could subpoena all the reports and records and even bring on Muller to finish the investigation.

Which is why it's such a gamble. Make any big changes to the scope, funding, or timeline of the investigation, and congress gets wind of it. You're talking about entangling people in a conspiracy here. This is literally what the resignations in the Saturday Night Massacre were attempting to avoid.