Sessions steps up to the plate and fires a few U.S. attorneys

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It’s only natural that a president will want his power wielded by his own appointees, whom he trusts to carry out his policy program.

In March 1993, Janet Reno began her tenure as President Bill Clinton’s attorney general by summarily firing United States attorneys for 93 of the 94 federal districts (one, Michael Chertoff, was retained in New Jersey, at the request of Democratic Senator Bill Bradley). That is more than twice as many as Trump attorney general Jeff Sessions fired on Friday.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445696/
 
Sessions needs to Resign!

https://act.credoaction.com/sign/sessions_resign
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Stretch said:
It’s only natural that a president will want his power wielded by his own appointees, whom he trusts to carry out his policy program.

In March 1993, Janet Reno began her tenure as President Bill Clinton’s attorney general by summarily firing United States attorneys for 93 of the 94 federal districts (one, Michael Chertoff, was retained in New Jersey, at the request of Democratic Senator Bill Bradley). That is more than twice as many as Trump attorney general Jeff Sessions fired on Friday.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445696/
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Linky no worky
 
A bit of fallout here in New York over the firing of US Attorney Preet Bharara.

He is a beloved anti-corruption crusader.

Objectively, his high profile wins are somewhat balanced out by his abuses.
 
Taft2016 said:
A bit of fallout here in New York over the firing of US Attorney Preet Bharara.

He is a beloved anti-corruption crusader.

Objectively, his high profile wins are somewhat balanced out by his abuses.
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Yeah, I rarely read the New Yorker but I did see Jeffrey Toobin's article on the guy. Your last sentence there seems to sum him up pretty well.
 
Stretch said:
It’s only natural that a president will want his power wielded by his own appointees, whom he trusts to carry out his policy program.

In March 1993, Janet Reno began her tenure as President Bill Clinton’s attorney general by summarily firing United States attorneys for 93 of the 94 federal districts (one, Michael Chertoff, was retained in New Jersey, at the request of Democratic Senator Bill Bradley). That is more than twice as many as Trump attorney general Jeff Sessions fired on Friday.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445696/
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"Both McNulty and Sampson acknowledged that the Bush administration, like the Clinton administration, brought in a new slate of U.S. attorneys within a few months of taking office. But historical data compiled by the Senate show the pattern going back to President Reagan.

Reagan replaced 89 of the 93 U.S. attorneys in his first two years in office. President Clinton had 89 new U.S. attorneys in his first two years, and President Bush had 88 new U.S. attorneys in his first two years."

http://articles.latimes.com/2007/mar/23/nation/na-talking23
 
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