If Sessions is so terrible as AG, why can Trump not replace him? Hello? Or am I missing something about the office?
As has been repeated out here Ad Nauseam the Republicans in the Senate have said they will side with the Democrats & impeach Trump if he moves on Sessions. That’s the reality he faces. The GOPe hates him.
It goes back to President Nixon. President Richard Nixon ordered his Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire the Special Prosecutor, Archibald Cox. AG Richardson resigned instead.
William D. Ruckelshaus was the Deputy AG and also refused to fire Cox, so he was fired by President Nixon.
Robert Bork, who was then the Solicitor General then fired SP Cox. This was presented as Obstruction of Justice by the President. Since then the Attorney General position has been considered sacrosanct when a high level DoJ investigation is ongoing.