Another one bites the dust.
Courtesy of NBC News:
The former U.S. attorney whose office oversaw the Roger Stone prosecution resigned from the Trump administration on Wednesday, two days after President Donald Trump abruptly withdrew her nomination for a top job at the Treasury Department.
Jessie Liu had headed the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., which oversaw several cases that originated with former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, including prosecutions of longtime Trump associate Stone and former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Liu was moved from the U.S. attorney’s office after Trump nominated her to serve as the Treasury Department’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial crimes, a top position overseeing economic sanctions.
On the day Liu left, the Justice Department submitted a softer sentencing recommendation for Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. The new filing said prosecutors believed probation would be an appropriate sentence for Flynn. They had previously asked that he spend up to six months behind bars.
A similar scenario played out in a more spectacular way in Stone’s this case week. After prosecutors on the case recommended a seven-to-nine-year sentence for Stone on Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office abruptly changed course the next day, saying that amount of time would be “excessive” and that Stone should get a lesser sentence.
Stone’s entire prosecution team resigned from the case in protest.
I think it is pretty clear that Liu’s name was removed from the list for that Treasury job simply because Trump blamed her for the recommendation that Stone serve 7 to 9 years in prison.
Keep in mind that Stone was convicted of seven felonies.
This is just another round of retaliations.
Hell, Trump is now even attacking the jury foreman.
Now it looks like the fore person in the jury, in the Roger Stone case, had significant bias. Add that to everything else, and this is not looking good for the “Justice” Department. @foxandfriends @FoxNews
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 13, 2020
This long ago left sublime in the dust, and is now firmly embedded in the ridiculous.
Note to Susan Collins. You can see what Trump “learned” from his impeachment acquittal. This is what happens when an out of control toddler gets not consequences for his actions.
Trump is attacking John Kelly too. He’s basically telling John Kelly he needs to shut the fuck up. He says he has a military and legal obligation to keep his mouth shut. So, looks like Trump is a legal expert now too. Boy, is there anything this “stable genius” isn’t an expert at? I’m surprised his head doesn’t explode with all of that knowledge packed in there.
https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-john-kelly-mouth-shut-obligation-171752640.html?guccounter=2
“President Trump said his former chief of staff John Kelly needs to “keep his mouth shut” after he criticized the president during a public event Wednesday night.
“When I terminated John Kelly, which I couldn’t do fast enough, he knew full well that he was way over his head,” wrote Trump in a pair of tweets Thursday morning. “Being Chief of Staff just wasn’t for him. He came in with a bang, went out with a whimper, but like so many X’s, he misses the action & just can’t keep his mouth shut, which he actually has a military and legal obligation to do. His incredible wife, Karen, who I have a lot of respect for, once pulled me aside & said strongly that ‘John respects you greatly. When we are no longer here, he will only speak well of you.’ Wrong!”
Kelly criticized the president during a Q&A session at Drew University in New Jersey. Kelly stated that Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who was dismissed last week from the National Security Council on Trump’s orders, was simply doing his duty when he reported on the president’s phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that was the basis of the impeachment inquiry.”
Kelly was also critical of Trump’s interference with Gallagher, his handling of North Korea.
“During Kelly’s tenure, outsiders viewed him as one of the “adults” in the administration who they hoped would restrain Trump’s impulsive governing style, along with Defense Secretary James Mattis, national security adviser H.R. McMaster and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
All are now gone from the administration.”
Yeah. We’re all doomed. No adults holding him accountable, not even Congress. We are fucking doomed.
This is all sanctioned by the Bible of course.
Christians are always last to wake up to reality.
Jesus warned against this time and again, but listen to HIM? yagaddabekiddingme, as long as they say their forgiveness prayers at night, they can do ANY thing they want to day time.
EYE ROLL.
So, if her name hadn’t been removed for the top spot, she’d still be there? Look, I’m not trying to undermine anything here, we all know what’s going on, but show me one person, ONE, in any political realm who is not self-serving first and foremost. I worked in a major city government thirty years.
George Deek