âItâs not you, Jim. Itâs me.â
A dozen administration officials told the newspaper that White House counsel Don McGahn blocked that letter, which was written with an assist from hardline policy adviser Stephen Miller, from being sent out because he was concerned that some of its arguments were problematic.
In other words, for Trump, a self-incriminating crock of shit.
Donald and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Very Bad Day has begun.
(The draft letter) âappears to provide the clearest rationale that Mr. Trump had for firing Comey.â
ââŚsome of its arguments were problematic.â
If by âproblematic,â they mean âDamningly criminal,â then, yes, it was problematic.
So, another rigged system, drafts and all?
My guess is if Miller wrote it, he made some ârun headfirst into the wall argumentâ about the President as an authoritarian that has an expectation of loyalty from all who work for the executive branch. That would be incriminating.
The article also suggests that Sessions recognized the risk of the Miller letter from an obstruction of justice standpoint and commissioned Rosenstein to come up with a different argument. Rosenstein showed some pretty creative legal chops in making the argument that Comeyâs conduct in handling the Clinton matter was a solid basis for his firing. It was exactly the argument I (and many) were contemplating the weekend before the election had Hillary won.
But in recognizing the OOJ risk and choosing to placate Trump instead of arguing against it, Sessions himself got embroiled in the crime itself and made Rosenstein a witness to the crime.
Ah yes, the Newsbomb howitzersâpreliminary rounds to establish the Range.
Full salvos to follow.
ââŚsome of its arguments were problematic.â
Friday before a long holiday weekendâShould be fun! 
Anyone interested in investing in the MAGA Fund? LOL.
Wow, this is happening so fast. I knew heâd self sabotage, but no way did I think it would be get this serious the fast.
Josh Brown is hilarious. Here is a podcast interview with him and the guys he works with. Some very funny stuff. Seriously, the man has NO filter (If you donât have time for the whole thing, try listening from the 56 minute mark for 2 minutes.)
EDIT: It would nice if this article had some time context b/c readers cant tell when this letter was written or who it was penned too.
Heres the NYT pieceâŚmiller was asked to write the letter to comey before he was fired and before sessions drafted the official letterâŚ
When I heard that Trump had drafted a document to justify firing Comey, I was delighted. Now, at finding out that Miller helped him with it, I am positively giddy.
Trump is so ignorant, so stupid, so insane, and so atavistic that he seems to exist in a world before morality was invented. He has no real understanding of why some things are considered wrong, even if they work to your advantage. So he just blurts this stuff out, and his horrified lawyers have to clap their hands over his mouth if they can get there in time. Why wouldnât he attempt to obstruct justice? He literally doesnât understand why itâs wrong.
Trump:âoh no, another leak! Why isnât anyone loyal to ME?â
Oh, yes, itâs that time of the week. I love Fridays. Friday of a holiday weekend has got to pack a lot of punches. Too bad Iâll be out tonight, gonna miss the murderersâ row of cable TV coverage of the decline and fall of Trump. I like it when he looks sad!
Miller does bring that whole Dr. Strangelove mentality with him.
Miller was also likely behind the original Muslim ban. It is clear as day that this guy has no sense at all of the law or the Constitution. Did Santa Monica High and Duke (speaking of bi-coastal elites!) teach him nothing? It is to be hoped that Gen Kelly will at some point explain to the nitwit in chief that he is more of a problem than he is worth.