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Rachael Rollins to resign as federal prosecutor this week
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Oh, geez
What was this fundraiser?
DNC
What’s wrong with that?
What’s wrong with that?
DOJ Standards of Conduct
DOJ Standards of Conduct
https://www.justice.gov/jm/jm-1-4000-standards-conduct
Also
https://www.justice.gov/jmd/page/file/1529516/download
potential Hatch Act violation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_Act
Reportedly,
she was fighting to keep the Teixeira case. The National Security Division probably didn't like that.
who reported that?
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Should never have gotten the
Should never have gotten the job after the South Bay incident.
that's idiotic
There is video proof that the complainer was reckless speeding opposite of marked lane direction. How dare a brown person tell her to stop it.
Provide the video proof
The only credible reporting of video footage is discussed in this story:
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/suffolk-da-rachael-rollins-cleared-...
All it says is that the video footage doesn't conclusively show that she ran a red light.
Lawson is the complainer.
Lawson is the complainer. She is shown going the wrong way. You are right that Rollins did not run a red light.
But
You said:
"There is video proof that the complainer was reckless speeding opposite of marked lane direction."
Where's the video proof, or even reporting of such video proof?
You already have it.
You already have it.
Possibly
"Possibly"
I thought we weren't doing "ethics" anymore?
You know, with trump and all. I thought that whole thing was over.
Republicans are allowed to get any with any moral
or ethical transgression, no matter how gross, self-dealing or hypocritical. It's only Democrats that have to obey the laws of God and man. Something about still having a shred of decency and the ability to feel shame.
You mean like
Threatening ordinary citizens while driving a government-owned vehicle?
As long as the GOP is led by
Rapey McFascist, I don't think you want to play the whattabout game on its behalf.
Corrupt is corrupt
And as both a lawyer and prosecutor, she should know better.
I haven't seen any corruption
I haven't seen any corruption. I have seen Rollins held to a much higher standard than white men in the same position.
Spoke too soon
Look again. It’s not good
So far my comment is accurate
So far my comment is accurate.
the fact
that you’ve now alluded to this incident three times should tell you something
Ordinary citizens that drive
Ordinary citizens that drive recklessly get tickets, which was the extent of this so called "threat".
Buh Bye
Next!
There's a special circle of
There's a special circle of hell for Tom Cotton.
Do
Explain...
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton on Ketanji Brown Jackson
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/arkansas-sen-tom-cotton-proves-his-...
Tom Cotton cut off and bullied Kristen Clarke, nominated for chief of DOJ civil rights division, for thinking that cops who kill Black men should be prosecuted:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?510825-1/justice-department-assistant-atto... (time 1:44)
Tom Cotton deliberately blocked the nomination hearing for Cassandra Butts to be ambassador to the Bahamas.
She died waiting for her approval, 835 days after Obama nominated her.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/282448-obama-nominee-d...
Tom Cotton loves to bully women, especially Black and Brown women. He harassed Anita Gupta. He was behind the endless and pointless Benghazi hearings. And this is just scratching the surface.
I'm not even slightly surprised that he wants to paint Rachel Rollins as a criminal for using a state car to go to Jill Biden's speech.
That tracks. Cotton is a pig.
“Jill Biden’s speech”
There’s an interesting phrasing for the event.
Cotton might be a pig, but Rollins isn’t blameless for this mess.
GOOD!
n/t
Gotta wonder
What she was offered in order to go away quietly.
Sooooooooo
Remember all of those people who voted against her confirmation? Turns out they were right.
Well
No.
Rollins did her job just like almost all of her predecessors did. If she didn’t have those spasms where she thought she was above the law, she would have served out her term then moved on to obscurity like the rest of them.
I don't agree about those spasms
The criticism seems mostly that she should have been quieter and more deferential.
There have been a few incidents
But driving to a fundraiser in an official car is the one that did her in.
But as a federal prosecutor, she didn't do a bad job. Same as Lelling, more or less.
It looks like it was a leak on Hayden
I just found out that today. It says that she leaked to reporters that her office would investigate him. That would be wrong. I mean that you could investigate how the press got uncharged allegations on Arroyo, but she should have been recused any investigation of Hayden.
Ethics is not Just for Democrats
Let me just lead by saying: If Ms. Rollins behaved unethically, she should absolutely resign.
But...the reported charges seem mild compared to the behavior of the right. How many countless Hatch act violations did the Trump administration commit without consequence? How many acts of bribery...sorry "emoluments" did the Trump administration accept? How much dirty money has Justice Thomas and Justice Gorsuch just been shown to secretly accept? Why is there no consequence or outrage on the right for this sort of behavior?
It seems we have a huge problem in this country where one side at least wants to appear to play by the rules and the other side just ignores the rules and no one holds them to account in a meaningful way.
What "consequence" do you think she faces
The chances are right about 100% that she's going to be offered a cushy job at a white-shoe law firm or on K Street.
"Consequence"
Not being able to serve in a high-ranking position in the federal government where she impacts countless lives is a pretty significant "consequence" to me. Not to mention, this likely harms her chances of a political career.
You know, the "consequence" that anyone regardless of party affiliation who violates the public trust should face, at minimum.
Nice post
It ages like a sack of shit left in the hot sun. Wanna try again?
For a US Attorney to use non-public Department of Justice information and the resources of her department to create a smear against your disfavored candidate while providing campaign advise to your preferred replacement is a threat to our democracy.
She is likely to be disbarred, unless that is what she negotiated to keep in order to walk away quietly.
I agree the charges are not good
worse than originally reported, turtle. Doesn't change anything else I said.
According to the Globe this morning
She leaked private, critical information about Hayden to the Herold during that election with the goal of tanking him and getting Arroyo elected. And lied about it too.
That's much, much worse then the Jill Biden thing and absolutely resignation worthy. It's the sort of action that makes me embarrassed to have supported her in the past.
From the Globe article: