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FWIW, I think Sessions played the role he was asked to play perfectly.

I don’t believe Trump decided to put Sessions in as AG without wondering, even though surrounded by advisors, if having his campaign manager be his AG might be viewed as “potential conflict”. POTUS joined a plan years in the making and surely had input from many about critical planning decisions like, “Who shall be the AG?”.

I don’t believe Trump and Sessions met to discuss the AG role without either man wondering if there would be an optics “issue” of having one’s campaign manager be one’s AG.

I don’t believe it never occurred to Sessions that he would have to recuse until AFTER he became AG. I believe sessions recusal was part of the plan.

Sessions didn’t earn his reputation for excellence and integrity by “doing nothing” so I don’t think he suddenly started sleeping once promoted to AG of the US.

When POTUS and critics started ridiculing him for “sleeping”, I don’t think Sessions decided to continue doing nothing.

He could have stepped down, particularly with all the criticism etc, but I don’t think Sessions would stay where he wasn’t genuinely wanted (by POTUS).

Numerous staff replacements in the DOJ, extreme indictment loads that had to come from somewhere, “proof” that POTUS was not directing Mueller’s investigation through his AG, “cover” for Whitaker - and other unseen roles all worked well through the first phase of the plan. I’d say Sessions earned the laudatory going away moments he was given - he seemed proud and so did those praising him.

Time will tell. I look forward to the days when we can know so much more and reading books, watching movies about the behind the scenes view of the (overall) most spectacular chain of (publicly) understated events in American history - an understated strategy lead by one not given to understatement!

I agree with you 100% about Sessions and Trump.

If Sessions was anything other than loyal, dedicated, honest and doing his job, Trump would not have appointed him in the first place, or kept him on for almost 2 years, and Sessions would not have looked victorious when he left the DOJ.

And Q would not have thanked him for his sacrifices.

And if Sessions was as pitiful and loathesome as some say he was, that means Trump is stupid.