[Rockingham]

You are correct about Sessions digging in his heels as he did, foolishly, instead of taking the proper lesson from Trump's criticism and saving his job. A tough, capable staffer selected by Trump or of Sessions' own choice might have turned things around, especially if Sessions reversed his recusal, reassigned oversight of Mueller, or appointed a review panel of some sort to clamp down on the abuses.

The difficulty for Sessions, Trump, and anyone in a senior political position during a crisis is that the demands on one's time, attention, and energy can be overwhelming. Many mistakes and oversights flow from that, with over-stressed, emotion-driven decisions all too common.

[lodi90]

I have no doubt near everyone inside Main DOJ hates Trump. His AG has a basically impossible job without the support of the GOP on his flanks. Time and again we have seen the GOP refuse to provide its constitutionally mandated oversight fuction and breath life into The Resistance (TM). The bipartisan nature of the ongoing coup causes at best gridlock at DOJ and at worst open sedition.