‘If the president wanted an investigation, there is no way Sessions could turn him down — and there are discreet ways of sending that message.’
You are the armchair political quarterback who doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Lawrence Tribe, Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School:
“Under the laws and Justice Department regulations governing federal prosecution, a President Trump would not have legal authority to direct the Attorney General to appoint a special prosecutor to ‘look into’ Hillary Clinton’s email situation or the Clinton Foundation or anything else. That’s not within a President’s power.”
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Judge Michael Mukasey (former U.S. Attorney General, 2007-2009, under George W. Bush; U.S. District Judge, 1987-2006, appointed by Ronald Reagan; partner, Debevoise & Plimpton)
Asked in a telephone interview whether Trump could order that a special prosecutor be appointed, “No, that’s not within his powers. I think he said, ‘I would direct my attorney general’ to exercise the power to appoint a special counsel. “The AG’s proper answer would then be, ‘I’ll think about it.’ Or ‘I’ll review the facts,’” Mukasey said. [His point is that the attorney general must exercise independent discretion—not merely carry out the President’s whims.]
http://fortune.com/2016/10/10/donald-trump-special-prosecutor-hillary-clinton/
Nonetheless, Trump has already threatened Sessions’s job. If he made it clear that he wanted this investigation reopened, do you really think that Sessions would say no?