Hold my beer Q, let me explain this one (with greatest respect of course):
Seems to me that Sessions has done his job and now needs to be sidelined as AG. It will be interesting to note if he is re-hired under a different role.
For all those worrying about the sub plot, read Sessions timeline. The man delivered in a big way!!!
Mar 3 2016: Sessions appointed as the chairman of trumps National Security Advisory Committee
Jul x 2016: Sessions spoke at an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation and also chatted with Kislyak
Aug 19 2016 Manafort resigns following reports on Manaforts ties to Russia
Sep 8 2016: Sessions meets with Kislyak in Session's office
Nov 8 2016: Trump wins election
Nov 18 2016: Sessions announced as Attorney General
Jan 10 2017: Judiciary Committee - Franken asks if anyone was affiliated with Trump communicated with Russia. Sessions says he had no comms with Russia
Jan 20 2017: Trump sworn in as President
Feb 1 2017: Rod Rosenstein appointed as Deputy Attorney General
Feb 9 2017: Sessions sworn in as Attorney General
Feb 13 2017: Flyn asked to resign for lying to FBI
Feb 15 2017: ABC news announce that US authorities were looking into Russian Collusion. Manafort denies any collusion
Mar 1 2017: News breaks that Sessions met with the Russian ambassador twice in 2016
Mar 2 2017: Sessions speaks to NBC and denies ever having spoken or met with Russians to discuss campaign.
Mar 2 2017: After meeting with Senior Department Officials (Who?) Sessions recuses himself
Mar x 2017: John Huber resigned at the request of the Trump administration ("Fruit of the poisonous tree")
Mar x 2017: John Huber re-appointed under the Federal Agencies Reform Act
Apr 25 2017: Rod Rosenstein confirmed by Senate as DAG
May 9 2017: Comey fired on reccomendation from Sessions and Rosenstein
May 17 2017: Rosenstein appoints Mueller to look into Russian interference in the 2016 US elections.
Jun x 2017: John Huber nominated by Trump as Attorney candidate
Jun 6 2017: ABC News reports that Sessions offers to resign
Jun 13 2017: Sessions testifies in front of Senate Intelligence Committee denying any personal involvement in Russian collusion
Jul 19 2017: Trump blasts Sessions over recusal
Jul 24 2017: Trump blasts Sessions over failure to act on Hillary's crimes
Jul 25 2017: Trump blasts Sessions again over Hillary's emails and DNC server
Jul 26 2017: Trump blasts Sessions for not replacing Andrew McCabe (Acting Director of FBI)
Aug 2 2017: Christopher Wray assumes role of Director of FBI
Aug 3 2017: John Huber confirmed by the senate to an additional four-year term as a U.S Attorney
Aug 4 2017: Sessions announces plan to stop culture of leaking alongside Wray and Rosenstein
Nov x 2017: John Huber appointed by Jeff Sessions to investigate the FBI's surveillance of Carter Page and also the Clinton Foundation and Uranium One
Nov x 2017: Michael Horowitz tasked to work along side Huber
Mar 29 2018: Jeff Sessions announces that he had designated John Huber as the prosecutor tasked with looking into allegations of abuse of power at the FBI since November
Aug 1 2018: Trump calls on Jeff Sessions to end Mueller Russia Probe immediately. "Stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now"
And then there is the explanation article here from 30 August 2018: Trump firing Jeff Sessions looks more likely than ever
Of note:
There would be two main dominoes to fall after Sessions resigns or is removed:
1) Trump may pick an acting attorney general, and …
2) He would nominate a full-time replacement, who would be subject to confirmation.
Getting to that point, though, will require clearing several hurdles:
"The first is whether Trump can even pick an acting AG"……"whether the Federal Vacancies Reform Act allows a president to temporarily replace a Cabinet official he has fired - as opposed to one who has resigned."
"If Sessions forces Trump to fire him, there could be a legal battle over Trump's authority to pick a temporary replacement who would outrank Rosenstein."
"Whomever Trump appoints as a so-called acting AG in the short term will probably have greater practical significance than whom he nominates for Senate confirmation," Lederman said.
Because of the closeness of the Senate (This was pre the Midterms) - "Senator Susan Collins, (R), has said she doesn't think a new AG will even be confirmed if Trump fires Sessions."
Article here:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12116237