{"id":98479,"date":"2018-04-21T15:24:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T19:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=98479"},"modified":"2018-04-21T15:24:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T19:24:35","slug":"sessions-own-threat-proves-hes-an-agent-of-deep-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=98479","title":{"rendered":"Sessions’ Own Threat Proves He’s An Agent of Deep State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sessions Threatens To Quit If Trump Fires Rosenstein<\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

Attorney General Jeff Sessions told the White House recently that he might quit if his President Trump fires Deputy AG, Rod Rosenstein.<\/p>\n

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Jeff Sessions, Rod Rosenstein and Solicitor General Noel Francisco dine together in late February near the Justice Department.<\/p><\/div>\n

Sessions reportedly warned\u00a0White House counsel Donald McGahn of his position in a phone call last weekend according\u00a0to the WaPo<\/a>, while President Trump’s rage at Rosenstein grew over the Deputy AG’s approval of a raid on Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s home, office and hotel room on April 9 – requested by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.<\/p>\n

Sessions\u2019s message to the White House, which has not previously been reported,\u00a0underscores the political firestorm that Trump would invite should he attempt to remove the deputy attorney general<\/strong>. While Trump also has railed against Sessions at times, the protest resignation of an attorney general \u2013 which would be likely to incite other departures within the administration \u2013 would create a moment of profound crisis for the White House.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rosenstein also signed off one\u00a0of the FISA spy warrant renewals on a Trump campaign associate targeted in\u00a0an FBI counterintelligence operation.<\/p>\n

During a joint press conference on Wednesday\u00a0with Japan’s Prime Minister,\u00a0Shinz\u014d Abe, President Trump sought to calm fears over whether he would fire Rosenstein or Mueller.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve been saying I\u2019m going to get rid of them for the last three months, four months, five months, and they\u2019re still here,\u201d said Trump – though he expressed a desire to end the Russia investigation, calling it a “very bad thing for our country.”<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we want to get the investigation over with, done with, put it behind us<\/strong>,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n

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President Trump says Russia investigation "a hoax" during joint press conference with Japanese prime minister. Trump also appears to reference Mueller and Rosenstein, saying "they're still here" pic.twitter.com\/lkKUnxNzff<\/a><\/p>\n

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n