I hear what you are saying, but...
If Rudy took the approach you suggest, he would get the same criticism that Sessions gets here. It would appear as if he was content to sit back and watch events take place.
Session has taken a lot of heat on this board for “not acting” (and the jury is still out on him in my opinion because he is likely doing the Perry Mason thing). But if you look at the list of accomplishments (see http://www.magapill.com/ under the DOJ section), there actually has been significant work presented. Just nothing publicized in the area of arresting political criminals, where most of the focus of this forum is.
I think that Trump has to let the justice process play out, without interference to avoid any appearance of impropriety, but he also needs to fight the battle of public opinion. I think Rudy is playing that part with his arguments.
I don’t have any real inside knowledge, and I am no lawyer and wouldn’t want to be one, but that’s my take.
“If Rudy took the approach you suggest, he would get the same criticism that Sessions gets here. It would appear as if he was content to sit back and watch events take place.”
Neither Rudy nor Sessions should be trying to “placate this board”. There is a difference between not doing anything, looking to others like you’re not doing anything (whether or not you are) and just looking like you are doing something. Rudy is attempting to “look like he’s doing something”, but I do not believe that what he looks like he’s doing - publicly bragging to the other team, is materially doing something, or just bragging to be heard.
Sessions on the matter of doing something, or not doing something is whole ‘nother topic. We all are debating that. We all think he should be “taking” more bodies, yet at the same time we do not have all the body of knowledge of everything that he has, and like it or not I think one thing Sessions is trying to at least make the appearance (unlike Holder) is he is working “for the law” more so than for Trump alone. I may disagree with him at points on that, but I think it is part of his motivation. He always seemed like a really straight shooter on the law.