Trump Privately Discussing Recess Appointment To Replace Sessions
We are watching obstruction of justice take place in real time.
A new report by the Washington Post confirms that Donald Trump is actively discussing the possibility of replacing Jeff Sessions through a recess appointment.
Trump has been warned by his advisers against outright firing Jeff Sessions because of the political and legal ramifications of such a move.
According to the Washington Post, “Some advisers have come away convinced that Trump is determined to ultimately remove Sessions and is seriously considering a recess appointment to replace him — an idea that has been discussed on some of the cable news shows the president watches.”
For months, Trump has privately blamed Sessions for the appointment of Robert Mueller as the Special Counsel. Trump believes that Sessions should not have recused himself so that he could have prevented the appointment of the Special Counsel.
People close to Sessions say that he has no intention to resign. And several Republican Senators have publically come to Sessions’ defense after Trump began attacking him publically.
Advisers telling Trump to stop attacking Sessions and Mueller
According to the Washington Post, several of Trump’s lawyers have advised him to stop publically attacking Sessions and Mueller because those attacks will be considered attempts by the president to shut down the Russia investigation.
But Trump has dismissed those suggestions and according to one source who spoke with The Washington Post, “In his mind, he is his own best advocate, his own best lawyer,” one adviser said. “He’s not willing to let the Mueller probe and other events unfold without taking action himself. ”
The point of replacing Jeff Sessions is to appoint a new Attorney General that would be willing to fire Robert Mueller. “But several of Trump’s White House advisers — including Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon — have strongly counseled him against ordering the dismissal of Mueller, which they have warned would be a political, if not legal, catastrophe, according to people familiar with the discussions,” The Washington Post reports.
Read the full report by The Washington Post here.
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