“....Sessions is awake?....”
Naaa...not really. His swamp-dwelling UniParty puppet masters allowed him to “toss a bone” to the conservatives and the POTUS to keep them at bay.
Trump needs to shit can the mild & meek old UniParty fart and get himself a real bulldog that ain’t afraid to take on a fight.
The U.S. Justice Department wanted this case to go away completely after President Trump issued his formal pardon of Arpaio. The problem here was that the timing of the pardon was terrible. The pardon was issued after Arpaio and his legal team had already filed a motion to have the conviction overturned. Rather than simply accept the pardon and go home, it was Arpaio and his legal team who insisted on pursuing the challenge to his original conviction.
Like I said ... the DOJ, and the judge in the case, would have been happy to walk away from the case. But since Arpaio insisted on going ahead with his challenge, the judge had to issue an order a few weeks ago that compelled the DOJ to file a response to Arpaio's challenge. Go figure.
Apparently they filed the only response that even came close to making any sense, in light of the circumstances. LOL.