What about Trump? Should he have had an inkling? Why did he appoint a guy that he should have known would have to recuse himself? All Trump had to do was pick a nominee from outside the campaign.
You assume the Russia crap is important. It is not. It is trivial and amounts to nothing. Your assumption is the fabricated mind warp that duped you into thinking the Russia stuff matters
Sessions has a larger devastating mission. He is going to destroy the democrats. They know it. Their mind warping efforts to stop Trump are the pitiful actions of losers.