Paul Manafort‘s legal team brought a motion to dismiss on Tuesday, noting that Rosenstein could not appoint Mueller to any investigation outside the scope of the 2016 campaign since Sessions did not recuse himself for anything outside the campaign
That argument would mean Sessions himself has exclusive authority to appoint a special counsel for non-collusion charges, and Sessions has taken no such action Sessions himself should make that clear to Mueller, rather than await court resolution Doing so would remove 3 of the 4 areas of inquiry from Mueller’s requested interview with President Trump
Sessions formally notifying Mueller that he does not have authority to act outside of campaign-related cases and cases related to obstruction of Mueller’s investigation would be doing what the Constitution compels: enforcing the Appointments Clause of the Constitution Sessions notifying Mueller that he does not have authority to act outside of campaign-related cases would be exercising Sessions’ court-recognized Constitutional obligation to “direct and supervise litigation” conducted by the Department of Justice Sessions notifying Mueller that he does not have authority to act outside of campaign-related cases protects against the inappropriate use of the federal grand jury that defendant Manafort now rightly complains about. Sessions limiting Mueller to the 2016 campaign would also be restoring confidence in democratic institutions, and restore public faith that democratically elected officials.
Any anons actually watch it last night? Wanted to, but don't have abc
Luis Hall
Sessions only recused himself from >“any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for President of the United States.” This recusal letter limits the scope of Sessions’ recusal to the 2016 campaigns; it does not authorize Sessions’ recusal for anything beyond that Constitutionally, Sessions has >a “duty to direct and supervise litigation” conducted by the Department of Justice Ethically, professionally, and legally, Sessions cannot ignore his supervisory obligations for cases that are not related to the “campaigns for President.”
Constitution’s Appointment Clause requires the democratic process control the appointment of all but inferior officers There can be no principal executive branch officer except those the President personally appoints and the Senate advises and consents to >There is probably no greater domestic power of the executive branch than the power to access a grand jury to indict someone, the power to access a grand jury to subpoena someone’s testimony and records, the power to access the tax records of any individual in the country, the power to request warrants to spy on someone’s activity or search it and seize it, or the power to simply threaten any of the above to an individual American That is why that power must be limited to principal, democratically-appointed officers The special counsel, when not appointed by the President, cannot act legally except as an inferior officer, strictly limited to the jurisdictional subject matter limits of his appointment and supervisory power of those above him that have been directly, democratically appointed by democratically elected officials As a federal district court held: >“the special counsel cannot act outside the bounds of either his limited jurisdiction or without regard for Department of Justice policies and regulations. As such, the Special Counsel does not wield unlimited authority.” Indeed, a special counsel’s >“authority is therefore confined to the narrow objective of accomplishing the specific mandate he was given.”
Sessions limiting Mueller would enforce the limits intended on Rosenstein’s letter authorization Contrary to anti-Trump critics, Mueller’s mandate was not >“get Trump,” >“indict anybody who ever worked for Trump.” Mueller’s authority is limited to >“links between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump.” Any subject matter that does not concern >“the campaign,” is a subject matter that Sessions Constitutionally must directly supervise Mueller This includes Sessions power to notify Mueller and formally revoke Mueller’s authority at any time in cases that do not concern the campaign itself. Sessions can remove Mueller’s authority to request search warrants, subpoena grand jury testimony, subpoena grand jury records, target individuals, or issue indictments unless the subject matter is constricted to the campaign itself Sessions can return power over the existing indictments to regular DOJ prosecutors, as both the Constitution and the statutes compel Sessions can dismiss existing indictments as an excess of authority of Mueller’s team (a team already infamous for acting outside their authority in the past, whether it be ethical abuses or over-broad, unconstitutional interpretations of federal criminal law).
Sessions taking formal notice of his authority would remedy what some saw as an over broad authorization by Rosenstein. One argument for Mueller investigating 2005 tax crimes and 2010 bank fraud crimes and 2013 foreign agent crimes was that Rosenstein authorized Mueller to investigate all crimes that “directly arise” from the investigation As some legal critics noted, there were always two problems with this interpretation of Rosenstein’s authorization: >first, if it could be interpreted so broadly, it would make Mueller a de facto Attorney General of the United States, which the Appointments Clause does not permit, rendering such an authorization in violation; second, if it could be interpreted as broadly as Mueller has done so, then it failed to conform to the statutes and regulations governing special counsel authorizations Regardless, Sessions retaking his authority formally would render the issue moot. Why? >Because Rosenstein himself did not have the authority to create a special counsel for anything beyond the areas Sessions recused himself.
In sum, Sessions notifying Mueller he does not have authority to act on non-campaign related investigations would restore Mueller’s special counsel’s office to its intended Constitutional constrictions, remove the Beria-style investigative techniques witnessed over the past year, and restore public faith that our Constitutional democracy is still a Constitutional democracy
It would also prove Sessions is more than as Trump calls him — Mr. Magoo.
Aiden Brown
>yfw realizing using the military to build it is the first major step of transforming into the American Empire
YES I COPY PASTE OP INTO CATALOG MAKE THREAD AND MAKE NEW THREAD IN 300 POSTS
ONLY I AM CAPABLE OF THIS TASK BECAUSE ONLY I AM SMART HERE
Aaron Edwards
fuck me dead, upon investigation of jewbook shit, it looks like the US Army takes the biggest fucking mouthbreathing leacher scum on the planet. is the USMC like this as well? usually i just see they do completely dumb shit like setting their pubes on fire, raping a jap or getting 15 DUI's in their first week at fleet
The gay-faggotry of the last couple threads reminded me of a fun factoid to share.
Mike Tyson's mysteries is an adult swim show where he solves mysteries with a ghost "Marcus", a pidgeon (voiced by based norm McDonald) and his stepdaughter (Asian). Pretty funny
Point is, Tyson calls the ghost Marcus, but it's actually the ghost of of John Douglas the Marquess of Queensbury, the father of modern boxing. (Get it? Marquess? Marcus?)
The fun fact is that Douglas is mostly responsible for the suicide of famed homo poet Oscar Wilde. Wilde was flouncing around with Douglas' son (who was much youger than Wilde) so Douglas left a note publicly calling him a sodomite at the club they went to.
Sodomy being a crime, Wilde sued for libel (against friends advice for him to ignore it, since it was true). Douglas defended the libel claim with proof, so Wilde dropped it, but then Douglas successfully countersued for expenses of the defense case, then sent the evidence of Wilde's buggary to authorities who imprisoned him. Eventually leading to his suicide.
It was alright. Roseanne is funny. She's one of those fabled "progressives who voted for Trump because Hillary was that bad" and went deeper and deeper into the online right-wing echo chamber. she even browses Sup Forums.
This basically. >Trump actually starts building the fucking wall >Ann keeps blackpilling for shekels
Brody Rodriguez
this cost Jeff Bezos over 5 billion
Connor Rivera
> portubro will STILL suck his dick and all those who are against him will be called shills Get with the times user, see what I said almost a month ago
Also Assange friends posted a small clip saying his internet was down again but he is safe. Something big is going on. Are they sneaking him back into the embassy? Is he about to drop the hammer? Q user offline as well "for a reason".
why did this get so many replies? what is this about?
Ethan Walker
welp it seems some crayon eaters down 15 Strongs and then forget to ask the Manko after running through 5 cars at an intersection.
honestly though, even though they have a reputation for eating crayons, the Marines are my favorite US military branch. i dont know if you guys still do the "Service guarantees citizenship" thingm but i'd join the Marines in a heartbeat if it meant citizenship + military service.
