February 18, 2019
COME INTO MY WEB, SAID KAMALA TO THE FLY:
Graham Vows to Investigate Whether 'Bureaucratic Coup' Tried to Oust Trump (Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Feb. 17, 2019, NY Times)
Senator Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, vowed on Sunday to investigate whether the top officials at the Justice Department and the F.B.I. plotted an "attempted bureaucratic coup" to remove President Trump from office, and said he would subpoena the former F.B.I. director and the deputy attorney general if necessary.
Even Devin Nunes would know better than to parade a bunch of national security officials to explain why Donald needs to be removed.
MORE:
Former acting FBI director: Trump's 'own words' prompted counterintelligence investigation (Laura Jarrett, 2/17/19, CNN)
McCabe said officials looked at the following events:Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey to drop the investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.Trump asked Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to "include Russia" in a memo the President requested outlining reasons to fire Comey (which Rosenstein did not do).Trump fired Comey.Trump made public comments linking his firing of Comey to the Russia investigation on NBC.Trump met in the Oval Office with Russian officials where Trump reportedly said that firing Comey relieved "great pressure."
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 18, 2019 12:00 AM