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What conceivable motive would Sessions have for protecting Clinton?
When did Sessions become anathema to conservatives?
When “conservatives” decided Eric “The President’s Wingman” Holder was the ideal Attorney General, and Sessions decided to be one of those stuck in the past, “Enforce the law without prejudice” types.
I realize that the AG probably has a lot on his plate, but if Sessions is refusing to have anything to do with the two most important cases regarding government corruption in recent history (note that I said important, not legitimate) he’s not really doing his job.
Additionally, recusing yourself from a case does not absolve a chief of addressing the wrongdoing of the agents under your purview. Standing aside while your people commit crimes and abuse the justice system is in itself a kind of corruption.
Sessions is disappointing as a leader and a gate-keeper. Perhaps he’s just too ethical. This may be one of those cases where the perfect not only the enemy of the good but a de facto ally of the evil.
I don’t know how you can say this while arguing that he more involved in government corruption investigations.
Because it is another way of looking at the same thing.
Huh?
His absolutist version of recusal may be considered either corrupt, in that he is not doing the job actually required of him, or ‘perfect’ in that a person can’t get any more recused than he is. In either case the salient point is that he isn’t doing what needs to be done which is to prevent lawlessness and chicanery in his own department.
My earlier snark notwithstanding, this is one of the better presentations of the anti-Sessions case I’ve seen so far.