Here are the actual timeline dates:
November 18, 2016. President-elect Trump announces intention to nominate Sessions to be attorney general.
January 30, 2017. President Trump fires Acting Attorney General Sally Yates (holdover deputy attorney general from Obama administration).
January 31, 2017. President Trump announces nomination of Maryland District US Attorney Rosenstein as Deputy Attorney General.
February 8, 2017. Attorney General Sessions confirmed by Senate.
April 25, 2017. DAG Rosenstein's appointment confirmed by Senate.
March 2, 2017. AG Sessions announced "I have decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for president of the United States."
May 16, 2017. President Trump interviewed former FBI Director Mueller for job that then 73-year-old Mueller was ineligible to hold since the director is limited by statute to a 10 year term (and Mueller had previously served 12 years).
May 17, 2017 (the very next day!). DAG Rosenstein appoints Mueller as special counsel to investigate Trump campaign collusion with Russia.
In retrospect, the timeline shows President Trump's fingerprints all over the Sessions recusal feint. As Sun Tzu taught and Donald Trump learned, any successful deception plan must fool most of your own people. While Mueller has dominated headlines, the DOJ has been busy.
Great work. Thanks for the dates. I do doubt the communication between Trump and anyone at JD, or FBI. If he were even perceived to have any “control”, he would be a liar, and since he is Republican, the Hill would happily lead an impeachment.
I only opine on what I see and hear, of course. If I hear Trump’s anger at Sessions, I believe it’s anger. (I was angry as well.)
In retrospect, the timeline shows President Trump’s fingerprints all over the Sessions recusal feint. As Sun Tzu taught and Donald Trump learned, any successful deception plan must fool most of your own people. While Mueller has dominated headlines, the DOJ has been busy.
LOL. Do you write fantasy for a living? Sessions just proposed another year long administrative IG “investigation” into the FISA crimes. Meaning, it will be pushing 3 years since the crimes before any criminal charges would possibly be filed. Does that sound like a Trump plan? No. It sounds exactly like a run out the clock Democrat plan.