Sessions had a responsibility to look at the evidence before recusing himself.
Sessions should have said, “let me see what is the basis for this Russian Collusion investigation”
But he didn’t.
He just recused himself and did nothing but collect a paycheck for 2 years.
Sessions could have stopped this all in early 2017. Shut it down.
No Mueller, no congressional investigations, etc.
If Sessions had said “no, there is no basis for this investigation” it would have put the Democrats on the defensive.
Instead, the Dems and media spent 3 years reporting the Russian Collusion premise as true. It put doubts into everyone’s minds, including many Republicans.
It weakened support for Trump as politicians hedged their bets and did not want to be seen as supporting a Russian agent.
Sessions could have prevented all of this.
Sessions is Mr LIMPET.....he’s a scared little mouse of a man.
The argument given for non-recusal isn't evidence-based, it's that the investigation was a spy investigation, not a criminal one. DOJ is for criminal stuff.
Given the forces aligned against the Trump administration, from inside DOJ, inside FBI, inside Congress, the press ... Sessions was toast from the get-go.
-- Sessions could have stopped this all in early 2017. Shut it down. --
Maybe. It would have taken a bit of foresight because he was asked about recusal during his confirmation hearing. Durbin was in on the scheme. Sessions didn't commit to recusing if the issue was Trump campaign.
At any rate, I view sessions as an honest man in the middle of a fundamentally dishonest government. Everybody in his orbit was gunning to take him out. Heck, years later, and the system is STILL tilted against Trump. Wray has been hiding evidence, the Senate has been passive aggressive against Trump, the House has been obsessed (thanks to Ryan, et al for ceding the House to the DEMs). Barr, who has substantial cache, is barely able to get candle-light on the subject.