Sure, it comes very, very close to doing so. The title is "Restoring Public Confidence in the FBI" and it has language like this: (8/22)
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And he cares about DOJ's reputation. He's not a hack -- he's been at DOJ for 27 years, under five different presidents. (17/22)
Note his language about the FBI -- he worries that it now lacks "public and congressional trust." Same could be said now about DOJ. (18/22)
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Appointing a special counsel would help DOJ regain that trust -- both with the public and with Congress. (19/22)
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Sure, he's not likely to get much pushback from this Congress, but if Dems win House or Senate in 2018, all hell could break loose. (20/22)
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Comey did the wrong thing on 10/28 because he feared hell from Congress. Rosenstein could do the right thing for the same reason! (21/22)
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I think he'll do it. Would it shock me if he didn't? No, because after 2015, as you may have noticed, shock ceased to be a thing. (22/22)
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Eric: as former US Atty for Oregon who served with and had great respect for Rod, I think you are being too generous. 1/
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Rod had to know he was being asked to draft a memo to justify firing Comey. And he had to know the justification was a pretext. 2/
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Knowing the memo was a pretext 4 firing Comey bc of his independence, it was incumbent on Rod to stand up & say no. Rod failed the test 3.
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To flat-out refuse would have meant his termination, and would that be good? Would it have saved Comey? I doubt it. (1/2)
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DOJ lost all credibility when Sessions was put in charge.
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DOJ "now" lacks public trust ? Uh, how about DOJ under Lynch and Holder ?? How about restoring public trust ?
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Not just now. Obama had a big hand in that, too.
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Lol, DOJ being lead by a man whose corruption when he was head of the FBI got him fired can "regain public trust"
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Same could be said about Whitehouse, GOP Congress, DeVos, Carson, Tillerson, Perry and the rest of the cabinet clowns.
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We are witnessing a constitution being set on fire!
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With Jeff Sessions at the helm, vote of no confidence already in
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Lack of public confidence actually applies more to White House with Trump.
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Absolutely
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Jeff sessions is one of the most honorable man in the country
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