Deflection.
They get one and only one chance to drain the swamp.
Sessions is no dummy and has had a stellar career in law enforcement.
He and Trump are going about this just fine.
If Trump did not have confidence in Sessions, he would gone before the day ends.
Remember what happened to Tom Price. Out in a day.
I have in Trump and Sessions.
Sessions recused himself under oath. Sessions falsely testifying under oath doesn't make for a successful "deflection" plan. There are legal consequences to doing that. You can't have an AG who recused himself, supervising an investigation and prosecution.
And you can't have a DAG, Rod Rosenstein supvervising an investigation and prosecution about a case that he was closely involved with. He will protect himself and his cohorts.
It's just that simple.