Who would have thought, two years ago, that PROgressives would be applauding Jeff Sessions as the one person standing up for some semblance of the rule of law against Comrade TRUMPski McBonespurs?
And no, I am not overlooking his massively racist past, his selective enforcement of laws to favor whites over minorities, or the many other abysmal aspects of how his “Department of Justice” has done as much for justice as Betsy DeVos’ Department of Education has done for schools or Ryan Zinke’s Department of Interior has done to protect national parks and monuments or the EPA did to protect the environment under Scott Pruitt.
Nor have I forgotten that Sessions only recused himself after it was proven that he had lied under oath when he denied his own campaign contacts with the Russians, which it turns out, he did have.
But at least he has defended the integrity and independence of Robert Mueller, Rod Rosenstein (both life long Republicans) from the illegal efforts of Trump to obstruct justice.
Has it occurred to anyone else that the reason that manafort’s legal team is not putting forth any defense or Defence lawyers or allowing manafort to testify is that manafort is convinced that if he doesn’t testify doesn’t defend himself he’s going to get a pardon from the resident in the Oval Office?
Trump has said he wants a Roy Cohn who will lie cheat and steal for him.
Cohn served as Joe McCarthy’s chief counsel and gained special prominence during the Army–McCarthy hearings.
Cohn was also known for being a U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor at the espionage trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and later for representing President Donald J. Trump during his early business career. He was disbarred by the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court for unethical conduct in 1986. He died less than two months later.
In 1986, a five-judge panel of the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court disbarred Cohn for unethical and unprofessional conduct, including misappropriation of clients’ funds, lying on a bar application, and pressuring a client to amend his will. In this case in 1975, Cohn entered the hospital room of the dying, comatose Lewis Rosenstiel, the multi-millionaire founder of Schenley Industries, forced a pen to his hand and lifted it to the will in an attempt to make himself and Cathy Frank—Rosenstiel’s granddaughter—beneficiaries. The resulting marks were determined in court to be indecipherable and in no way a valid signature.
Roger Stone: “Roy was not gay. He was a man who liked having sex with men. Gays were weak, effeminate. He always seemed to have these young blond boys around. It just wasn’t discussed. He was interested in power and access.”
Trump took away John Brennan’s security clearance for speaking out.
DD Wiz Premium Member over 5 years ago
Who would have thought, two years ago, that PROgressives would be applauding Jeff Sessions as the one person standing up for some semblance of the rule of law against Comrade TRUMPski McBonespurs?
And no, I am not overlooking his massively racist past, his selective enforcement of laws to favor whites over minorities, or the many other abysmal aspects of how his “Department of Justice” has done as much for justice as Betsy DeVos’ Department of Education has done for schools or Ryan Zinke’s Department of Interior has done to protect national parks and monuments or the EPA did to protect the environment under Scott Pruitt.
Nor have I forgotten that Sessions only recused himself after it was proven that he had lied under oath when he denied his own campaign contacts with the Russians, which it turns out, he did have.
But at least he has defended the integrity and independence of Robert Mueller, Rod Rosenstein (both life long Republicans) from the illegal efforts of Trump to obstruct justice.
Radish the wordsmith over 5 years ago
Where else can a racist like Sessions wield such power over America?
Ontman over 5 years ago
Gives new meaning to the word ’peckerhead’’.
Sadandconfused9 over 5 years ago
Has it occurred to anyone else that the reason that manafort’s legal team is not putting forth any defense or Defence lawyers or allowing manafort to testify is that manafort is convinced that if he doesn’t testify doesn’t defend himself he’s going to get a pardon from the resident in the Oval Office?
Zev over 5 years ago
Somehow, I just can’t feel sorry for this guy.
Radish the wordsmith over 5 years ago
Trump has said he wants a Roy Cohn who will lie cheat and steal for him.
Cohn served as Joe McCarthy’s chief counsel and gained special prominence during the Army–McCarthy hearings.
Cohn was also known for being a U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor at the espionage trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and later for representing President Donald J. Trump during his early business career. He was disbarred by the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court for unethical conduct in 1986. He died less than two months later.
In 1986, a five-judge panel of the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court disbarred Cohn for unethical and unprofessional conduct, including misappropriation of clients’ funds, lying on a bar application, and pressuring a client to amend his will. In this case in 1975, Cohn entered the hospital room of the dying, comatose Lewis Rosenstiel, the multi-millionaire founder of Schenley Industries, forced a pen to his hand and lifted it to the will in an attempt to make himself and Cathy Frank—Rosenstiel’s granddaughter—beneficiaries. The resulting marks were determined in court to be indecipherable and in no way a valid signature.
Roger Stone: “Roy was not gay. He was a man who liked having sex with men. Gays were weak, effeminate. He always seemed to have these young blond boys around. It just wasn’t discussed. He was interested in power and access.”Trump took away John Brennan’s security clearance for speaking out.
Trump is an equal opportunity hater.