Attorney General Jeff Sessions seeks resignations of 46 US attorneys

[Randomthought]

Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is seeking the resignations of 46 United States attorneys who were appointed during the prior presidential administration.

Read more: http://www.startribune.com/attorney-general-seeks-resignations-of-46-us-attorneys/415904764/

[Thrill]

1. What about his resignation?

[Equinox Moon]

2. Alarming!

[EL34x4]

7. Not really.

It's actually a standard practice.

[Vogon_Glory]

18. I'm trying to imagine what would happen if the Democrats manage to consolidate their gains in 2020

I suspect that a lot of Trumpkin prosecutors will find that their continued job prospects have turned into pumpkins.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. This is another piece of

the Bannon/Trump/GOP operational plan. All these Attorneys will be replaced with Friendly Right Wing Hacks..

[enough]

12. This is standard proceedure when a new President comes in to replace a President

from the opposing party.

[Wellstone ruled]

20. What ever.

[bullwinkle428]

4. Rove tried to pull the same shit.

I'm sure the Friday afternoon timing is coincidental.

[denbot]

5. These people are going for broke.

They have their necks in the noose, and the only way out is to absolutely control all branches of government.

It is no less then a life and death struggle for our form of democracy.

[PSPS]

6. Actually, this is customary with any new administration.

[ananda]

8. Nothing is customary with this admin.

It should have been customary for Sessions to have already
resigned, for example.

It should have been customary for 45 to have already been
arrested for treason and undergone impeachment.

I could go on and on.

[ProudLib72]

9. Not sure I follow

Half have already left. The other half are staying on until replacements are chosen. But nothing was said about replacements having been chosen. Have any replacements been chosen? The gist was they hadn't, but I want to make sure.

[iluvtennis]

14. My question exactly, do they already have replacements line up - bet not

[benld74]

10. HELL NO. MAKE HIM FIRE ME! Then its on the administration

[hrmjustin]

11. Will be interesting to see how this effects the de Blasio investigation.

The US Attorney for NY was just told to resign.

[ProudLib72]

13. NYT reporting now

link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/us/politics/us-attorney-justice-department-trump.html?_r=0

[caraher]

15. Which confirms this is not actually something bizarre

It is not unusual for a new president to replace United States attorneys appointed by a predecessor, especially when there has been a change in which party controls the White House.

Still, some presidents have done it gradually, while keeping some inherited prosecutors in place, as it had appeared Mr. Trump would do with Mr. Bharara. President Barack Obama, for example, kept Mr. Rosenstein, who had been appointed by President George W. Bush.

Still, in 1993, the Clinton administration fired all 93 United States attorneys on the same day.

emphasis added

[MyOwnPeace]

16. This Times article.....

says they will continue to prosecute "violent" offenders.
I'm sure they will.
But what about CORRUPT offenders??????

[Iggo]

17. Didn't this happen in 2008, except we were pissed about the Bush apointee who wouldn't resign?

[pecosbob]

19. You first perjurer.

[GliderGuider]

21. What happens to the administration of justice if they're not replaced?

Thinking here of the situation at Foggy Bottom.

[The Wizard]

22. Now we know Sessions' role

in the Trump White house, Stooge