Mueller lost his backup, NY branch of the justice department.

[CK_John]

The office has been given to an Attorney from Giuliani firm.

[underpants]

1. Yes but the NY State Attorney General is still there

Right?

[Chasstev365]

5. + 1000

[HopeAgain]

2. The real backup is the NY State A.G. nt

[samnsara]

3. cant cases be asked to be heard by a diff judge?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Nope, that appointment was to the U.S. Attorney's office

for the federal district of New York. Mueller's backup is the investigation by the Attorney General for the state of New York, over which Trump, Sessions and the DoJ have no control. That investigation will roll merrily along, and if Trump or any of his stooges are found to have violated NY state law they can be prosecuted there - and Trump can't pardon anybody for state crimes.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. That doesn't affect the State piece of the pie.

[Gothmog]

7. Mueller's back up is the NY state attorney general's office

[Ninga]

8. Both NY Justice Department offices have new attorneys, interviewed prior by 45. Not only that

but these attorneys were part of Christies legal team for Bridgegate.

Where are the Democrats? Why aren't they pounding the podium in a large presser demanding Sessions address the separation of powers violation?

Why? Huh? I'm in a rage!

[dlk]

9. Don't Give Up. Mueller Had to Anticipate This Move and Probably Has a Countermove Already in Play

Trump made this move obvious when he personally interviewed the US attorneys. My money says Mueller has already planned around these appointments and we shouldn't worry. Eric Schneiderman is still on board and no doubt has a few ideas, himself.

[GallopingGhost]

20. Yep.

Remember this quote from the Art of War-

"The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."

No matter what paltry or insidious moves Twitler attempts, I'm sure Mueller has anticipated and covered.

[Iliyah]

10. Mueller anticipated this when t-rump fired Preet Bharara.

The transfer of the voting fraud unit moving to a governmental agency further confirms that t-rump, GOPs are planning on rigging the shit out of the 2018 elections in their favor.

[hlthe2b]

11. ahem... these are INTERIM positions made by Sessions: they have to receive Senate confirmation

Sessions uses executive authority to appoint interim U.S. attorneys
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/erdogan-s-spokesman-turkish-banker-s-u-s-conviction-scandalous-n834656

by Jonathan Dienst and Tracy Connor

With a deadline looming, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is using executive authority to name 17 interim U.S. attorneys in cities from coast to coast.

Seven of the prosecutors have been serving as acting U.S. attorneys since President Donald Trump axed dozens of the lead federal prosecutors in March, but there's a 300-day limit on that status. The other 10 will replace current acting prosecutors, who get bounced back to their old jobs.

Trump now has 120 days to submit nominations for the permanent positions to the Senate — or else the federal court in that district will make a temporary appointment until the White House and lawmakers from each state can agree on the selections.


A source familiar with the process said some senators have not yet signed off on the candidates Trump supports in their states, which has contributed to delays in officially nominating them.

In New York, for instance, Sen. Charles Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand approve of the administration's choice for the Eastern District, former prosecutor Richard Donoghue, a source familiar with the process said. But they have not given a thumbs-up to its preferred candidate for the Southern District, Geoffrey Berman, who is Rudolph Giuliani's law partner, the source said.

If confirmed, Berman would fill the vacancy left when Preet Bharara was fired after refusing to resign. Bharara's deputy, Joon Kim, has been serving as acting U.S. attorney but will now step aside for Berman to take over as interim.

Berman was a federal prosecutor for four years in the 1990s. His then-boss, Mary Jo White, said he "was a star" in her office.

"I tried to talk him into staying — he was that good — but he went into the private sector. And ever since, he’s had a terrific reputation," she said.

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[Irish_Dem]

12. Aren't these the people who were Hillary haters? nt

[LenaBaby61]

14. Aren't these the people who were Hillary haters?

If they're in ANY way associated with Ghouliani and they most likely ARE.

[Irish_Dem]

16. They are the people who talked Comey into trashing Hillary on TV right before the election. nt

[LenaBaby61]

17. Yep ....

ALL or MOST Hillary haters

[Irish_Dem]

19. I still do not understand why this was not a violation of the Hatch Act. nt

[lindysalsagal]

13. NO. He's lost the federal office, not the NY State. Hasn't lost connecticut, either.

He's not able to control everything.

[L. Coyote]

15. It never was his backup.

[spanone]

18. this administration could be the end of America as we know it.

i don't consider that hyperbole

[FreepFryer]

21. Not if we save her.

I don't consider that poetry.