The deflection is not with the recusal.
The recusal was going to happen, and I don’t think Sessions surprised Trump with that. It was known he would have to do this, even while he was undergoing the nomination.
The recusal issue is with the 2016 election.
All else is fair game.
The Sessions recusal was about all issues that the Trump campaign brought up about Hillary.
That would include the email server, Uranium One and the Clinton Foundation...etc.