Exactly. Nunes said that he wasn't even sure that Sessions knew about the request. Nunes makes a big stink about not getting the docs from the DOJ. Sessions says what? First I've heard of it. Give em the docs! Docs show DOJ corruption leading back to RR, to LL, to EH. Big boom ensues.
This part of the 'movie' is about Nunes making the public aware that the DOJ has been out of control for a while. Sessions is most certainly /our guy/