RUSH: Okay. The contretemps between President Trump and Jeff Sessions continues to ratchet up. Trump continues to tweet that Sessions is not doing his duty as attorney general, that he\u2019s not investigating the Democrats, he\u2019s not demanding that such investigations take place. Anybody on the Democrat side, the Hillary campaign, the DNC over the dossier, the fake dossier, Trump once again pushing back at Sessions for not doing his job!<\/p>\n
Sessions, of course, says not only can\u2019t I because I recused myself, but Sessions says I am not going to politicize the Department of Justice as long as I\u2019m the attorney general. I am not going to respond to political pressure brought against me as long as I\u2019m the attorney general, to which the American left and the Democrats are now all hailing Jeff Sessions as a great guy, as the perfect steward for the Department of Justice. Could not have a better guy in there, somebody standing up to Trump, somebody who knows the score, somebody refusing to be bullied by Trump.<\/p>\n
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The left is filled with praise for Jeff Sessions each and every day. And Trump continues to respond, demanding that Sessions look at the corruption on the other side. Just this morning Trump urged Sessions to look into all the corruption on the other side.<\/p>\n
After Sessions disputed Trump\u2019s assertion yesterday that Sessions had failed to take control of the Department of Justice, Sessions defended himself yesterday. He said, “I took control of the Department of Justice the day I was sworn in, which is why we have had unprecedented success at effectuating the President\u2019s agenda. While I am Attorney General, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations. I demand the highest standards, and where they are not met, I take action.”<\/p>\n
So Rod Rosenstein, who signed off on the fraudulent Hillary bought-and-paid-for Steele dossier, Rosenstein met the highest standards? Hmm? The bottom line is it\u2019s very clear the Department of Justice is heavily influenced by political considerations. That\u2019s the problem with it. The Department of Justice is run by political consideration. It\u2019s run on political consideration. That is the absolute problem here. This is why Trump is frustrated.<\/p>\n
You can\u2019t deny it. There is a two-tier system of justice. And it really comes down to two things: Democrats innocent, not even gonna be pursued, investigated, or charged; Republicans guilty. It really isn\u2019t any more complicated than that. That is exactly how it\u2019s playing out.<\/p>\n
“Trump tweeted this morning in response, ‘Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.\u2019 Jeff, this is GREAT, what everyone wants, so look into all of the corruption on the ‘other side\u2019 including deleted Emails, Comey lies & leaks, Mueller conflicts, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Ohr.”<\/p>\n
Some historians are gonna wonder how it was possible that the DOJ was not even investigating what I — this, to me, is one of the biggest scandals, certainly in my lifetime. I\u2019ve talked about it every day this week. I worry that I\u2019ve talked about it so much that you\u2019re gonna say, “Come on, Rush. We know. Move on.”<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s unconscionable to me to witness what is happening, to see it. To have full awareness. I mean, this goes beyond just being unfair. You know, crying unfair is for babies. This goes so far beyond. This is first grade corruption. It really is. When the known crimes — and even if you don\u2019t want to say “known,” when activity that is so highly suspicious is not even being looked at but instead being covered up, while at the same time no evidence of any Trump-Russia collusion has been found, and so rather than wrap up the investigation, what happened? They broaden it!<\/p>\n
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RUSH: And here\u2019s a story. This is the Washington Post. And this is how this works.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the headline: “Critics Fear Trump\u2019s Attacks Are Doing Lasting Damage to the Justice System.<\/a>” So, you see, what Trump is saying about Jeff Sessions, why, that is doing lasting damage to the justice system. Well, what about what all of these people are saying about the 2016 and 2018 elections? You want to talk about damaging a system, how about the damage to our electoral system done by these people? And they\u2019re not finished!<\/p>\n What it really means is how can we make sure that conservatism is limited on our forums? How can we make sure that Republican and conservative candidates do not find ways to use our platforms to win elections. That\u2019s what they\u2019re having meetings about. You want to talk about damaging systems? Donald Trump\u2019s words about Jeff Sessions and the DOJ are doing nothing compared to what actual people in the FBI and the DOJ have already done to it.<\/p>\n It is without question that the Department of Justice has been corrupted, that it has been politicized. It\u2019s been politicized in favor of liberal Democrats. So have our electoral systems been tainted for I don\u2019t know how long now. And they continue to do that each and every day by worrying about the Russian impact on upcoming elections, the tech giants now having emergency meetings to figure out how to keep, quote, unquote, the Russians from having any more influence on elections like they did in 2016. And there isn\u2019t any!<\/p>\n Mr. Rosenstein himself — hey, Greg or Joe, I know we\u2019ve used this sound bite. I think we\u2019ve used it. It may just be something that I read in a newspaper story quoting Rosenstein. But he said during the last announced Mueller indictments of the 13 or 12 Russians — so this is some weeks ago now — but he made it plain at the end of this, long after people had stopped listening, he made this point long after all of the indictments had been announced and all the lawbreaking had been announced, he made it plain that the actions — in fact, he said no one indicted to date<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APP-050218-Scales-Justice.jpg\")
You had Bill Nelson, senator in Florida, “Yeah, the Russians are already deeply involved in our upcoming elections.” They have no evidence, no proof for it. The tech giants — have you heard about this? The tech giants are having a meeting — may even be this weekend — we\u2019re talking about Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instant Chat, Up Yours Chat, they\u2019re all getting together in San Francisco to decide what they can do to manage this election coming up. Meaning what can they do to keep further Russian involvement out of it.<\/p>\n