To gain insight as to why Jeff took a job with the Trump Administration we have to back up to August 2015 to that incredible outdoor Trump rally in Mobile, AL in which 35,000+ people attended, coming from hundreds of miles away through high winds and thunderstorms ... and ...
Jeff was right there on stage next to Candidate Trump respecting the hopes and dreams of Alabamans for a once in a lifetime presidential candidate, a candidate like no other. And Alabamans could see the light of Donald Trump when the rest of the country was still pretty much in the dark about him, about the true man that is Donald Trump.
That rally in August 2015, just two months after Donald declared his candidacy, was enormous not only in size but also in effect, like a hurricane in politics, and the weather was right in line with what went down.
The rally sent political shockwaves back to DC.
Think about it, people from hundreds of miles knew there would be high winds and thunderstorms that day, and yet they still came out massively for a candidate who was thought to be a joke back in DC.
And there was Senator Sessions, beloved by Alabamans, greeting this joke of a candidate, warmly and hospitably in that awful weather.
Jeff Sessions, a US Senator universally liked and respected by his Senate colleagues and his Alabamans, he goes out on a limb for a candidate that his colleagues back in DC would like to see disappear. And Jeff is supporting this candidate because Alabamans are ecstatic about Trump, they know they are seeing the real deal, they are smart in that way, no phony can get past them.
And they come out in droves, and Jeff is right there with them, going against the grain back in DC, he’s right there with his constituents braving the horrible weather and welcoming this candidate on behalf of Alabamans everywhere.
And the Nevertrumpers back in DC are looking at Jeff like he’s out of his mind like he’s gone off the deep end. And they turn on him.
When a US Senator loses major support of his colleagues, as Senator Cruz did, that Senator better have a few members come to his rescue. Ted Cruz had Mike Lee and a few others shore him up when he fell out of McConnell’s good graces.
So there was Jeff between a rock and a hard place.
And that scene ends with Jeff exiting the Senate and going to work for the new President.
But Jeff still had loyalties to friends in the Senate, many who were Nevertrumpers both publicly and privately.
Long story short, Jeff was conflicted, divided loyalties, one to the President, another to his friends in the Senate.
That victory for President Trump in 2018, winning the Senate, is bigger than most know. Because winning the 2018 Senate was also defeating the Nevertrumpers. No one should forget how strong the Nevertrumpers were, everyone should appreciate what President Trump was up against. He not only needed a G0P Senate, he also needed a G0P Senate that supported his agenda.
But early on, Jeff Sessions opted to recuse to escape the line of fire. The tension was high everywhere, the firing of Comey, the ire of the Nevertrumpers.
So Session recused. He had vacated his Senate seat and now he was vacating a major political battle station of his Cabinet position.
Jeff is likable because he works at it.
But he lost the President’s trust. Jeff had to choose, President Trump or friends in the Senate? Trump saw he was conflicted and had chosen his friends in the Senate over the President.
He couldn’t stay in the Senate because there were many who hated what he did for Trump. And he couldn’t turn his back on his friends in the Senate when they expected him to stay out of the scandal of this President and his links to Russia and his cavorting with Russian prostitutes who peed on a bed while having sex with this scoundrel.
Senators get calls every day from constituents who parrot mindlessly what they hear on CNN or what they read in the NY Times.
Senator Flake said “My God! We’re coming apart at the seams!”
And there was Jeff sitting in the AG chair. Was he going to protect this awful con artist, liar, Hitler, racist, fascist, Russian agent?
So he recused. Problem solved.
But he went too far in staying out of the fight and went not far enough to get at those who were the true culprits, the Clinton and 0bama camps.
“Devin Nunes: AG Jeff Sessions should be held in contempt of Congress” (Fox video)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/devin-nunes-ag-jeff-sessions-should-be-held-in-contempt-of-congress
Jason Chaffetz Twitter:
“As I recall, @HillaryClinton lied to Congress and the DOJ didn’t even investigate nor did they prosecute. As Chair of Oversight, with Chair of House Judiciary, we formally asked DOJ via the FBI. Nothing was done. #DoubleStandard #NoJustice”
https://twitter.com/jasoninthehouse/status/1068180698735890432
Jeff chose a Rock over a Hard Place and then switched from the Rock back to the Hard Place. He was beaten up pretty good.
Then he was fired.
Goodbye Jeff! Thank you for your service and your many sacrifices!
Thank you for the further detail on the reasoning behind what might have been going on with Sessions.
I’ve definitely put it into my Sessions file.Thanks!
“DOJ didn’t even investigate nor did they prosecute.”
Maybe the ducks weren’t all in a row, yet. Let’s see what Mueller, OIG and Huber bring to the table. I’m putting a lot of chits on Barr.
That was well written up to the recusal part. You had me and I agree up to that point. Sessions recused because he had to. Legal Fags know this to be true. Sessions laid the ground work and then HAD to move on. Reasons and all that. Legal reasons. The “firing” is optics.
Sessions was the one clean Senator. Squeaky even. Still is clean. Squeaky even.
-SB
I assume you wrote this? I kept looking for a link. It reads like fiction or a New Yorker article. I don’t see any backup with quotes, facts, etc. Sort of like you think you read Sessions’ mind or something.
Little quote from the linked Nunes Fox article:
“Nunes, who did concede that it’s possible Sessions personally is unaware of the subpoena..”
And this section is very intriguing, I again assume your writing:
“And there was Jeff sitting in the AG chair. Was he going to protect this awful con artist, liar, Hitler, racist, fascist, Russian agent?
So he recused. Problem solved.”
Maybe you should write some novels.