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'Lingering stench': Trump promises more firings at Justice and FBI
[Guardian] Donald Trump issued an ominous warning about the justice department and the FBI on Friday night, promising more firings to rid a "lingering stench" after reports that deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein discussed secretly recording the president.At a political rally in Missouri, Trump did not explicitly mention the Rosenstein story that was first reported by the New York Times and confirmed by other outlets. But the president lashed out against what he perceives as anti-Trump bias in the justice department and cited the firings he already has orchestrated. The dismissals have unnerved many in federal law enforcement and raised fears about the future of the special counsel’s Russia investigation, which Rosenstein oversees. "You’ve seen what happened in the FBI and the Department of Justice," Trump said. "The bad ones, they’re all gone. They’re all gone. But there is a lingering stench and we’re going to get rid of that, too." One person present during Rosenstein’s remarks said he was being sarcastic. The Times also said Rosenstein raised the idea of using the 25th amendment to remove Trump as unfit for office. Rosenstein said the story is "inaccurate and factually incorrect". It was the latest storm to buffet the White House in another brutal week. Posted by: Besoeker 2018-09-23 |
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