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I think not.
After watching him playing at the role of Charlie with the football, or actually *being* Charlie with the football, while appearing before that last Congressional hearing, it was clear to me that Sessions was either plainly lying through his teeth, or else he was about as informed as dry tree bark, on what the hell was going on at Justice or at the FBI. Dumb.as.a.post. OR, play acting... (aka, “lying”).
He knew nothing, saw nothing and heard nothing, when he wasn’t praising Rosenstein, who has incidentally entirely taken over Sessions job.
Rosenstein prepped Charlie Football for that hearing and that is why not one utterance Charlie made varied not one degree from the Rosenstein letter to that committee, that was sent days earlier. Anything else asked of Charlie, he did not know and said so, or he filibustered with adjectives in a style similar to a slow motion released air bag.
He kept looking behind him at his staff with that deer in headlights expression, with eyes begging for help.
And in a muster of harrumph Charlie argued with Jim Jordan! Jordan had just dared to nail him with a common sense question, based on giving a litany of facts and events. Go figure.
That’s when I knew.
I totally concur with your assessment of Sessions’ last public appearance before Congress. It was painfully obvious he is completely out of the loop with what is actually going on there, as he could never directly answer almost any question. You’d have to ask someone else, I’d have to ask someone else, first time I’ve heard that blah blah blah.
He is clearly nothing but a figurehead sent out there to make excuses for what appears to be a failing and corrupt organization. IF thenDoJ is turned around, it will be by those manning it’s rank and file, as Sessions seems to have about as much control over it as a puppy dog walking out onto a busy highway. If others reading this think I’m being too hard look no furher than Trump’s Twitter account the last couple of days.