That would be Jessie Liu, the controversial--from a conservative standpoint--FORMER United States Attorney for DC. Do you get the idea that Trump feels unbound after the absurd Impeachment Theater?
President Trump is withdrawing his nomination for former U.S. attorney for D.C. Jessie Liu to serve as the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial crimes, a top position overseeing economic sanctions, according to two sources with direct knowledge.
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Liu was expected to stay in her position through her confirmation — with a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee scheduled for this Thursday — but was unexpectedly informed last month that Attorney General Bill Barr was replacing her with his close adviser Timothy Shea.
She was informed that Trump was pulling her nomination Tuesday afternoon.
Behind the scenes: This was "the president's call," according to a former administration official familiar with the situation. The decision, which was made today, has administration officials questioning the circumstances that led to Trump changing his mind — with the developments in the Roger Stone case today being the only possible one they are aware of.
I'm getting the idea that the Dems and Team Mueller thought they were pulling a fast one, and that Liu was part of it somehow. Trump was having none of it.
UPDATE: Listening to Lou Dobbs and Devin Nunes. Nunes is ELATED that the Liu nomination has been pulled. Good enough for me.
Nunes then goes on to state clearly that the Stone prosecution was a fraud built on a hoax. And he compares it directly to the James Wolfe joke prosecution.
And then this:
Rep. Devin Nunes: Let me tell you something else… The lawyers who stepped down today the prosecutors who suggested 7 to 9 for Roger Stone. We believe that this is not going to be the only example. We believe there is other examples of things they did during the Mueller investigation that I think you and your listeners and the American people will be very interested to learn in the coming weeks. As we start to unpeel the onion of what the Mueller team was really doing. Because I would say this, when Mueller was appointed we have to ask ourselves, he walks in the door the first day and he said, “OK, show me all the evidence you got on the Russians?” They’re like, “Bob, sorry we don’t have any Russians here. We don’t have any evidence.” So what the hell did they do for two years? They set up an obstruction of justice trap. And they went after a whole lot of people who have now got sentenced. Some already served their time. And I think all of this has to be called into question now.
Yes.... that feeling you get when somebody seems to always be one step in front of the bad guys, but the bad guys don't realize it until it's too late.
ReplyDeleteLooks like they tried to set up Shea and Barr, but Barr knew what was happening.
The Deep state thought they had lured Barr into their trap, but Barr very likely lured them into HIS OWN trap, and they never saw it coming.
I can't wait to see if the Deep State scoundrels just roll over, wiggle like mad, or try to gnaw off their own legs in a desperate attempt to get way.
Their whole fabricated plan to Impeach Barr is going to backfire on them.
Oh, frabjous day!
DeleteI think I'm with EZ on this. Trump unbound! This is such good news. But I await the serious analysis that can come only after information seeps out, leaks out, or somehow surfaces.
I was never a fan of the 4-D chess baloney so championed at CTH. This, however, smacks of the kind of intrigue usually associated with Renaissance popes. I mean that in a good way, as in, it's about time.
Titan, I'm with you. I would've liked to have seen a faster, better prepared response, but leave it to Trump to get to the heart of things and to act. We'll find out more over time, but Trump has taken control of the situation.
Delete"Trust the plan"?
ReplyDeleteAt the risk over overreaching, I find the choice of wording in Trump's tweet to be very, very, very intriguing:
ReplyDelete>>Shem Horne Retweeted
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All starting to unravel with the ridiculous 9 year sentence recommendation!<<
Now, I wonder why he chose to use the word "unravel" in this context......
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Sounds like Trump thinks this was somehow part of a larger scheme, maybe for a new impeachment? But that he has nipped it in the bud, so to speak? Yes, intriguing.
DeleteNunes video interview:
ReplyDelete>>https://twitter.com/elliemae0404/status/1227392683259371523<<
Hints that Mueller team is under suspicion, if not under investigation.
According to Sean Davis at The Federalist, Timothy Shea, Liu’s replacement, has drawn some unattractive notice regarding that outrageous sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone:
ReplyDeleteSources told The Federalist that Timothy Shea, who was recently appointed to take over as the top federal prosecutor in D.C. earlier this month, was bullied into agreeing to the sentence recommendation by Adam Jed and Aaron Zelinsky, who were originally tapped by Mueller to investigate whether Donald Trump treasonously colluded with the Russian government to steal the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton.
"Bullied…” ???
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/11/mueller-prosecutors-may-have-lied-to-doj-about-stone-prison-sentence-recommendation/
Wow - I’m surprised.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is she was part of this Stone sentencing setup / trap that was set for Barr.
Back to a previous comment from Mark, our host, who sponsored her?
Yesterday in the comments section I kind of tripped over my tongue. I was skeptical that Shea would've been bullied. Because if he was bullied that means that he's not the man for the job. And if he's not the man for the job, then that means that Barr is not a good judge of character, especially for a position that is critical.
ReplyDeleteAs you know, I am a big fan of Barr so that left me in a quandary. Is my impression of Barr wrong, is he not a genius AG? Or, is there more to the story?
I seem to be in agreement with other commenters that Barr and Shea laid a trap. I hope that we are right.
Maybe Shea was told to do a "rope-a-dope" when the Stone prosecutors came forth with their over-the-top sentencing recommendation, and go along with them so that they would play out their little orchestrated stunt.
DeleteNo need to tip them off that somebody has a warrant on them.
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