Mueller wasn't appointed until May 17th.
What am I missing here?
Simple. Sessions recusing himself passed decision making to Rosenstein acting AG and Andrew McCabe acting FBI Director. Trumps friends and allies? Not hardly. Rosenstein Mueller and Weissman.
Still not clear to you?
You're missing about three months of sensationalized reporting about 'rising tension' and 'serious questions' about Trump and his administration that led to Mueller getting appointed Special Counsel by Rosenstein.
This was a well orchestrated plot to remove a sitting President in which Sessions played a small but pivotal role...as traitor.
Common sense. If sessions had not recused himself, do you think that there would be a special prosecutor? Mulehead would not have existed as a special dirt digger.
If you really needed to ax that question, put down the bong.