Guess what?
If Trump fires Sessions, he can – w/ his signature & the Federal Vacancies Act – make any confirmed official the Acting AG!
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And then? That Acting AG can assume responsibility for overseeing Special Counsel Mueller ("taking it back" from Deputy AG Rosenstein). 2/
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And then? That Acting AG… if he/she finds an appropriate reason(s)…? He/she can fire Mueller.
Yeh, I know.
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Here's the provision I'm looking at, 5 USC 3345… 4/pic.twitter.com/3cT2x5Rfz7
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Ira Goldman 🦆 🦆 🦆 Retweeted
And H/T to
@d_allender for finding this OLC memo that says what I hv but w/ actual authority…https://www.justice.gov/file/451576/download … https://twitter.com/d_allender/status/887858362251071488 …Ira Goldman 🦆 🦆 🦆 added,
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And so, doing the math – If Sessions is fired or resigns, Trump could make… Ben Carson the Acting AG.
Yeh, I know.
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Tbf, CNN ranks 9 other Cabinet members as bigger Praise Shovelers than Carson, including Price, Purdue, Mulvaney, Chao, and Pompeo. So. 7/
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PLUS
… By using 5 USC 3345(a)(3), Trump cld name as his Acting AG #anyone @ DOJ who's been there >= 90 days & who's a GS-15 or above.
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