Was Trump in a paper bag. If he wasn’t watching the confirmation hearings some one on his staff would have let him know the direction of the questioning. Jeff Session had no idea the campaign was an issue until the confirmation hearing. Supposedly President Trump was very anxious to get Sessions confirmed wouldn’t he have informed himself how it was going.
Sessions had no choice at that point but President Trump could easily have asked him to step aside right then & there and waited another 3 months without an AG.
And answering. During the confiramtion hearing, Sessions commiteed to recusing himself from Hillary and Clinton Foundation. Nominees will now submit confirnmation transcripts to the WH and offer to discuss any issues with Trump, at his convenience.
Trump does not have to appoint the people he nominates.
“Jeff Session had no idea the campaign was an issue until the confirmation hearing.”
That is certainly not true. The election hoax narrative started soon after the election. And Comey said he knew that Sessions would recuse himself before he was confirmed.
Trump did not.