My suspicion is that what AG Sessions has done is to merely ask Huber to review along with a small team of a few other DOJ lawyers, concerns raised by Republicans in Congress with a view to evaluating them to consider what kind of legal issues are implicated by them.
I suspect that AG Sessions has not gone further to actually delegate to Huber the power to do a criminal investigation in the District of Columbia of illegal US government actions taken regarding the Trump campaign, because going that far would violate his recusal.
And that the reason Sessions has been so vague and coy on this is because he has taken such heat for recusing himself and doesn’t want to bring even more heat on himself.
He is in a box, beholden to Rosenstein, and crossing his fingers that Rosenstein’s actions as Acting AG do not end up destroying Sessions’ legacy and reputation after such a long and accomplished career in public office.
It is possible that Sessions has been compromised (perhaps blackmailed with info from illegal spying).
But it is also possible that he has been playing possum, waiting for a strategic election season sweep.
“do not end up destroying Sessions’ legacy and reputation after such a long and accomplished career in public office.”
That’s funny. Can you name a single Bill that Sessions sponsored which became law?
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