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2018-02-10 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Rachel Brand, No. 3 official at DOJ, is stepping down-going to Walmart

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-10 00:13|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 rus·ti·cate [ˈrəstəˌkāt] VERB
(BRITISH) suspend (a student) from a university as a punishment (used chiefly at Oxford and Cambridge).
In earlier years when a Court Official annoyed the monarch they were temporarily exiled 'in disgrace' to their country estates away from the halls of power.
In this case? A conniving courtier running for the border fleeing the wrath of the new sovereign.

Posted by magpie 2018-02-10 02:03|| 2018-02-10 02:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Ms. Brand’s assistant, Currie Gunn, has also left the department.

Possibly, a Office Manager/Confidential Assistant with DoJ for 17 years.

NYT reported that AAG Rachel Brand's assistant Currie Gunn had left the Justice Department. We've confirmed that Gunn has gone to work for DC Circuit Judge Greg Katsas

Another link in the chain.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-10 08:28|| 2018-02-10 08:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Greg Katsas-a Trumper

D.C. Circuit nominee says he worked on White House response to Mueller probe

So Brand was kicked out and Gunn was buried(preserved for future history?) by the WH.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-10 08:33|| 2018-02-10 08:33|| Front Page Top

#4 According to the Gateway Pundit, a big deal.

Robert Higdon will most likely replace Brand. The Swamp is being drained of Obama/Hillary acolytes. Perhaps the "Rule of Law" will return and replace criminality and the cult of personality.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-02-10 08:35|| 2018-02-10 08:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Apparently, there is the DOJ line of succession which legal experts speak of. I did not know this. Trump does unexpected things, it wouldn't seem like he would be handicapped by such notions. See the Gateway Pundit for this discussion. Somewhere in the decision-making is Sessions.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-02-10 08:40|| 2018-02-10 08:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Draining the swamp one reptile at a time.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-02-10 11:21|| 2018-02-10 11:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Apparently, there is the DOJ line of succession which legal experts speak of.

Maybe that's what's wrong with DoJ. Is it gonna be a "constitutional crisis" if Trump ignores it so he can appoint some honest people?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-02-10 11:38|| 2018-02-10 11:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Is said line of succession spelled out in the Constitution. If not, its just so much shinola.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-02-10 13:33|| 2018-02-10 13:33|| Front Page Top

#9 It's good that they're getting rid of these people, but at this rate, half the political appointees will still be Obama holdovers when Trump is running for re-election.

Posted by charger 2018-02-10 13:47|| 2018-02-10 13:47|| Front Page Top

#10 Pulling all support out from under Sessions.
Soon he will have to do something.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-10 13:56|| 2018-02-10 13:56|| Front Page Top

#11 With any luck, Trump is looking at everyone who recommended Sessions in the first place

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-02-10 14:18|| 2018-02-10 14:18|| Front Page Top

#12 Defund the DOJ & FBI for a year - that's how it'll get done. That said, not with Ryan, McTurtle, etc. in Congress.

Posted by Raj 2018-02-10 17:56|| 2018-02-10 17:56|| Front Page Top

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