House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said Monday that the possible ouster of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is “another step that would be evidence” toward concluding that the President has obstructed justice.
“This started with the firing of Comey, the firing of McCabe, the incessant attacks on Attorney General Sessions, the incessant attacks on the FBI, on people like Bruce Ohr, on others, the incessant attacks on the institutions that we depend on to do our police work and protect the integrity of our system,” Nadler told CNN’s Kate Bolduan as news of Rosenstein’s uncertain future developed.
“And this is, I think, just another step in the unfolding slow motion Saturday night massacre,” he added.
Asked if Rosenstein’s ouster could be obstruction of justice, Nadler said, “I think that’s another step that would be evidence toward that conclusion.”
And, should Rosenstein depart, Nadler said, there will be a danger, “obviously,” that “whoever supervises Mueller could act in such a way as to impede that investigation in different ways.”
Nadler: Rosenstein's potential departure would be "another step in the unfolding slow motion Saturday night massacre." pic.twitter.com/xtqm0ttylT
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At this point we don’t know if this was a firing, or a resignation. A firing would support the headline, I am not sure a resignation would.
Bottom line… the Failing NY Times steps in to protect Trump yet again. iDJiTs
This is Chapter 4 in The Autocrat’s Handbook. We continue to walk toward the edge of total chaos.
ALSO a very convenient and shiny distraction from the Kavanaugh klusterfuck.
People should be paying more attention to Nadler. In a Democratic held House, he’ll chair the Judiciary Committee, the committee which would take impeachment into consideration.
I wonder who Leonard Leo will tell Don McGann to hire in that spot.