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Lindsey Graham says Trump could replace Jeff Sessions after midterms

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08-23-2018, 04:38 PM
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, a key Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Thursday that President Donald Trump could replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions after the midterm elections in November.

Graham's comments make him one of the first Republicans on the Senate committee to signal an openness to Trump ousting Sessions in his first term.

In an interview with reporters Wednesday, the senator from South Carolina said ultimately it was up to Trump to decide who he wanted for the job and that while he personally likes Sessions, he said Trump deserved an attorney general he had "faith in."

"The President's entitled to having an attorney general he has faith in, somebody that is qualified for the job and I think there will come a time sooner rather than later where it will be time to have a new face and a fresh voice at the Department of Justice. Clearly, Attorney General Sessions doesn't have the confidence of the President," Graham said.

Graham added specifically, "That's an important office in the country and after the election, I think there will be some serious discussions about a new Attorney General."

The comments came after a Fox News interview in which Trump repeatedly disparaged Sessions and rebuked his Attorney General's decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, saying he never took control of the Department of Justice.

"I put in an attorney general who never took control of the Justice Department. Jeff Sessions, never took control of the Justice Department. It's sort of an incredible thing," Trump said on Fox News.

The Chairman of the Senate's Judiciary Committee Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has said repeatedly that he doesn't have time to confirm another attorney general with the long list of other nominees this year.

"My agenda is full," he told CNN in July.
Graham had also warned in late July that there would "be holy hell to pay" if Trump fired Sessions.

Sen. Jeff Flake, a fellow Republican on the Judiciary Committee, took a different tact Thursday, saying that Trump shouldn't fire Sessions even if it was within his right as President.

"He serves at the President's pleasure, so the President can fire him. I sincerely hope that he doesn't. People worry about about the domino—if Jeff Sessions goes, who's next? Is it Rod Rosenstein? Obviously, the President's comments yesterday, he just keeps going further and further," Flake said. "Jeff Sessions did the right thing to recuse himself. And for the President to say otherwise just is simply wrong. So I hope that he stops trying to undermine the credibility of the Department of Justice, and let Jeff Sessions serve."
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In before the "wrong section"ers come in.
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Sessions is anti-DACA, while Graham is pretty lenient. This could be good

Nontheless, a replacement of Sessions could mark the end of Trump's presidency. It will be a catastrophic political move.
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he said Trump deserved an attorney general he had "faith in."
What a stupid thing to say, the only reason Trump doesn't like Sessions is not because Sessions is doing a bad job but because Sessions recused himself and therefore can't end Mueller's investigation against Trump. It's simply Trump wanting to get away with obstruction of Justice.
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So we are posting non-related articles now?
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Do you guys realize it was sessions who announced trumps decision to end daca? I say this is very relevant here.
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Sounds like good news to me.
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The wrong sectioners are idiots, this wholly and lawfully belongs here, unlike the wrong sectioners.
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Anything Sessions or Miller-related is relevant to Daca.
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Anything Sessions or Miller-related is relevant to Daca.
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Sounds like good news to me.
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Do you guys realize it was sessions who announced trumps decision to end daca? I say this is very relevant here.
I agree.

Who do you guys think will replace him? Will it be someone with a continued hardline view on immigrants/daca or someone more reasonable?
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