Fake news. Bannon never said one word about this. And Bannon personally told me “Jeff Sessions is my best friend.”
This guy is a walking disaster in the administration.
You are apparently a good friend - because you defend your friends. I respect that. You know these people personally but now we all know them too - publicly.
I don't doubt Steve told you that Jeff needed to recuse but I don't buy it as it seemed to be surprise to the president. That he blindsided him with this is at the beginning inexcusable in this role. Then Rosenstein recommending the president fire Comey then appointing a special prosecutor because of it. Sessions is now gelded and tainted.
I hope I eat crow on this but from the perl clutching section of the peanut gallery he looking more and more like a bad guy.
If there is nothing to the Russian stuff he could have unrecused himself, he hasn't he has left the president, his benefactor, twist in the wind. What a stupid thing to do, piss off your new boss the president. But he is afraid of the press apparently - and learned nothing during the campaign.
From back here they (Sessions and Rod J. Rosenstein) look either stupid or crooked. I can't imagine you get to where they are by being stupid.
Redemption needs to happen in the form of him going after the crooks in the Obama administrations (Clapper, Rice, HRC, Loretta Lynch). Its unreasonable at this point for people to ask to give Jeff Session a pass like the pass he has given HRC et althem crooks.