Rep. Schiff: Trump Wants to Fire Sessions, But Would Rather Not Do It; So He’s Trying to Force Him to Resign

‘We cannot allow that to happen in any way, shape or form’

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SCHIFF: "I hope we have a more courageous response than that one, and we've heard similar responses from the speaker in the past along the lines of, well, you've got to meet us and he doesn't know what he was doing. What we wonder why he's. That's what third rate banana republics do. When we have democratic reactions in. And tmt. We are meant seems to be suggesting we follow that path that is certainly hypothetical to our country's history and tradition and values. But in addition to that, the president isn't even transparent here. He wants to fire Jeff Sessions but he would rather not have to do it, so he's trying to force him to resign and he wants to do that so that he can bring if a new attorney general that will limit the scope of what Bob Mueller can investigate. We cannot allow that to happen in any way, shape or form. And this constitution needs to stand up and speak out, and I think it's deeply distressing to hear the speaker is not willing to do that in the least. But we are going to count on senators from both parties to reject any effort to interfere in the investigation by appointing a new attorney general who is more malleable to the president's interests.

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