“He could have resigned and cleared the way for an AG who could be active.”
Yep - that would have been the ethical thing to do.
He put Trump between a rock and a hard place from day one, and he castrated himself.
I’d like to see someone ask him that question - why didn’t you resign?
I stand corrected... Trump didn’t accept his resignation, but maybe by then it was too late, since The Mule was already appointed and had free rein.
“Knowing of the President’s disagreement with my decision, I tendered my resignation in writing the morning after Robert Mueller was appointed as special counsel. But President Trump chose not to accept it, and he asked me to continue to serve as his Attorney General and to help him “Make America Great Again.””