Breaking news last night from the New York Times. Trump asked Jeff Sessions to walk back his recusal. If Trump wasn’t guilty, why would it matter?
When they met, Mr. Trump was ready to talk — but not about the travel ban. His grievance was with Mr. Sessions: The president objected to his decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. Mr. Trump, who had told aides that he needed a loyalist overseeing the inquiry, berated Mr. Sessions and told him he should reverse his decision, an unusual and potentially inappropriate request.
Mr. Sessions refused.
The confrontation, which has not been previously reported, is being investigated by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, as are the president’s public and private attacks on Mr. Sessions and efforts to get him to resign. Mr. Trump dwelled on the recusal for months, according to confidants and current and former administration officials who described his behavior toward the attorney general.
The special counsel’s interest demonstrates Mr. Sessions’s overlooked role as a key witness in the investigation into whether Mr. Trump tried to obstruct the inquiry itself. It also suggests that the obstruction investigation is broader than it is widely understood to be — encompassing not only the president’s interactions with and firing of the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, but also his relationship with Mr. Sessions.
In order to impeach Trump, the Democrats need to win back the House in November. Which at this point may not be possible.
The Democratic National Committee’s (DNC), Rules and Bylaws committee will be meeting next week in Providence, R.I.
The twenty-one member committee (10 appointed by Clinton/Biden, 8 by Bernie and 3 at-large) will be discussing two important issues.
>The elimination of super-delegates.
>Ending closed primaries.
The Clinton/Biden camp wants to continue on with the super-delegate system and keep primaries closed to only registered Democrats only.
The Bernie camp holds the opposite point-of-view.
If the DNC wants to appoint 12 apostles to present their learned opinions to the multitude, that’s fine. But having so many super-delegates that NOT the people chose the candidates running is NOT democratic and therefore un-American.
And the only reason to hold closed primaries is to suppress the vote. That isn’t democratic or American either.
If the Democratic Party wants a ‘blue wave’ to defeat the Republican enemy in the fall, it had better get its ducks in a row.
I have to disagree the open primary concept for a political party. I belive that is the only reason to have a primary, is so MEMBERS of the party can choose who should represent them.
If you want to have everyone vote, then get rid of parties and primarys.
Just have a general election with all the names of everyone who registers to run.
The “jungle” or free-for-all primary system would be a fantastic way to operate all of our elections going forward.
The closed primary system has cost the Democrats over a thousand elected officials and a few presidencies over the past two decades.
Clearly the current system isn’t working, so maybe it’s time to try something a little more progressive?