Sally Yates NYT Op Ed

[TotallyOz]

This is an excellent opinion piece from someone who got caught up in this messy administration.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/opinion/sally-yates-protect-the-justice-department-from-president-trump.html

 

[MsGuy]

Quote

President Trump claims that it is very “unfair” that Mr. Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation, a recusal indisputably necessary given Mr. Sessions’ role in the campaign that is now under investigation. At its core, the president’s complaint is that he doesn’t have a political ally at the Justice Department to protect him from the Russia investigation.

I've been trying to explain the significance of Trump's statements on Session's self recusal to my buds down at the coffee shop but I'm getting a lot of blank stares. For all our jawing about it, I don't think most people have any real concept of the meaning of the phrase 'rule of law'.. It's just a nice sounding bit of blah blah blah, at least among my crowd.

I'm not sure which bothers me more: that Trump is trying to bend Justice and the FBI to his will or that he has no clue that this is something he should be embarrassed about. The man appears to think all the power of the Federal government is subject to the personal service of POTUS.

 

[TotallyOz]

1 hour ago, MsGuy said:

I've been trying to explain the significance of Trump's statements on Session's self recusal to my buds down at the coffee shop but I'm getting a lot of blank stares. For all our jawing about it, I don't think most people have any real concept of the meaning of the phrase 'rule of law'.. It's just a nice sounding bit of blah blah blah, at least among my crowd.

I'm not sure which bothers me more: that Trump is trying to bend Justice and the FBI to his will or that he has no clue that this is something he should be embarrassed about. The man appears to think all the power of the Federal government is subject to the personal service of POTUS.

 

I do believe he thinks that POTUS is the super supreme and that all other departments and areas of government are to bow to his needs.