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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid I just hear SHS say Trump "has the authority" to fire Mueller?
Reporter said Rosenstein has the authority, Sanders said something like "I have heard that the President has that authority."
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Did I just hear SHS say Trump "has the authority" to fire Mueller? (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Apr 2018
OP
If you hung around in the moral republican shitholes that Smarmy Sara does...
Achilleaze
Apr 2018
#3
Blue_Adept
(6,399 posts)1. She said that Trump believes he has the authority to do so.
No surprise, since he's dictator-lite.
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)2. Lite and Drumpf are words not normally found in proximity. n/t
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)3. If you hung around in the moral republican shitholes that Smarmy Sara does...
...then you would hear all kinds of lowdown, scuzz-encrusted Fake Republican "Truths" as well.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)4. Yes, she said they've been "advised" that Trump
has the direct legal authority to fire Mueller without going through Rosenstein. It's sad that the reporters didn't challenge her on that ridiculous claim, but the White House Press corps is pretty weak on challenging anything.
spanone
(135,838 posts)5. the 'mooch' gave him the go-ahead
maryellen99
(3,789 posts)6. I am shocked that a press conference was held today nt
nmgaucho
(527 posts)7. Hehe...
Is the person who advised him of that sitting in an office with no computers and the doors knocked off?
leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)8. It was probably Cohen.
He is such a great attorney.