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To: Bill who wrote (1021480)	6/16/2017 1:33:02 PM
From: locogringo	Respond to of 1578655

Mr trump needs our help in getting Rosenstein to recuse himself. Spotlight on Justice No. 3... Rachel Brand, a well-respected Republican lawyer who became a partisan lightning rod in the Senate earlier this year, would be the lead official at the Department of Justice overseeing the Russia probe if Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein recuses himself. Rosenstein, who is now in charge of the probe, is mulling the recusal, according to ABC News. <snip> Brand, the associate attorney general, currently holds the No. 3 leadership role at the Justice Department, putting her in charge of its civil rights, environment and natural resources, tax and anti-trust divisions. She is a Harvard Law School graduate who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and served as assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Policy under President George W. Bush. In her previous stint at Justice, she helped Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito prepare for their Senate confirmation hearings. “The prospect of her taking over the investigation certainly raises a lot of eyebrows and is concerning to Democrats. She would have to do a lot to prove she would be an impartial and effective steward of the investigation. The burden of proof would be on her,” said a senior Senate Democratic aide. Not a single Democrat voted for Brand on May 18.

To: Bill who wrote (1021480)	6/16/2017 1:53:28 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By Wharf Rat Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578655

The Constitution doesn't say the President has the authority to suppress criminal or counter intelligence investigations. Both Nixon and Clinton were impeached party on obstruction of justice charges and Donald Trump will be too. Wait and see. Neither the American people, the courts, nor Congress will accept that the President has above the law powers that monarchs exercised in the past. While the Constitution says the President can't be charged under criminal law while in office, it expressly allows for impeachment by Congress for "treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. Is obstruction of justice a high crime or misdeanor? Precedent says it is because Congress has voted to impeach Presidents over obstruction of justice. Neither Nixon or Clinton attempted to defend themselves by saying the Presidency had authority to obstruct justice and I don't think the courts would ever rule that the President has such extralegal power. That settles it. That Trump supporters are having to make arguments like this just a few months in show what shaky ground Trump is on.