There is a strong legal argument that Sessions did not need to recuse. The strictest interpretation of Sessions "meeting with" Russians was applied. Gentlemen Jeff, wishing to do the very most proper thing, play by all the rules, wanting to remove any and all suspicion, chose to recuse.
If it was a setup, Sessions wasn't in on it. I assumed that was you're contention. Maybe so within the Obama DoJ. Is that your contention ?
Ummm, no. The recusal does not depend on "Russians" or on any relationship Sessions may or may not have with "Russians."
The press narrative spun up around Sessions' various recusals, the appoiintment of Mueller, and pretty much everything else is FALSE.
On Sessions' recusal from investigating the Trump campaign, that is based on conflict of interest regulations in force in the DOJ.
DOJ-Specific Conflict of Interest Regulation: No DOJ employee may participate in a criminal investigation or prosecution if he has a personal or political relationship with any person or organization substantially involved in the conduct that is the subject of the investigation or prosecution, or who would be directly affected by the outcome. 28 CFR 45.2Political relationship means a close identification with an elected official, candidate, political party or campaign organization arising from service as a principal advisor or official; personal relationship means a close and substantial connection of the type normally viewed as likely to induce partiality.
If the DOJ ws investigating the Trump campaign for ANY crime, the conflict of interest regulations call for Sessions to recuse himself from the case.
Common sense tells you the same thing. If the shoe was on the other foot, would you trust Holder to investigate the Obama campaign for encouraging foreign donations by deliberately failing to ask the address associated with credit card?
My contention, which, again, is speculative, that Sessions was in on this planned method to get Trump the subject of an independent prosecutor investigation so he can eventually be impeached like they unfairly did Richard Nixon.
The FBI had something on Sessions so they guided him to befriend and gain Donald Trump’s trust.
It was all part of the plan that Sessions would immediately recuse himself. I think Donald Trump learned of the deceit and how they trapped him.
But again, I’d sure like to be wrong.
But everywhere, on the political shows, Fox, FreeRepublic, people are curious about this weird Sessions thing.
And I know people get upset because nobody wants someone with whom they placed their trust and hope to be a traitor.
I think Trump is trying to tell us what a traitor Sessions is.
Again, if I am wrong, which I’d like to be, y’all can line up and throw rotten eggs and mock me till the sun goes down.
But it’s starting to look very odd.