Sir Ockham agrees with you, not with Q.
Sessions was in the SES as far back as 1988. Except for Jonathon Gilliam (filling in for Hannity), almost no one in the mainstream is paying any attention to Deep State Central: The Senior Executive Service, which was created by Carter in 1978, and which was increased from under 2000 to over 8000 by Obama in 2016.
They are the firewall between any elected administration and the unelected bureaucracracies.
According to what I have read, almost all of the key players - including so-called White Hats like Horowitz and Huber - are in it.
Since all of Trump’s Cabinet is Senior Executive Service, where does he go for allies?