ordnance11 Wrote:Why does this remind me of Watergate's Saturday night massacreBecause it happened on a Monday night and Nixon also fired an AG or two? Though I have to say Spicer gets bonus points for "Sally Yates has betrayed the Department of Justice".
Quote:And tactically, the timing of Trump's executive order was ill-advised. He should had waited Sessions was confirmed. Now?Now any foreign surveillance warrants issued by the DoJ are unconstitutional, because no remaining Senate-confirmed appointees exist at the DoJ. Now the nomination of Sessions is a referendum on immigration rather than a confirmation of a fellow Senator to office. Now, 10 days into the administration, the White House is all-in on a Muslim ban.
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