Anons, "THE SENATE WAS THE TARGET"
Does that refer to the election, or perhaps to the briefing that Gina Haspel just gave to Senate foreign relations leaders on the Khashoggi killing, and reaction of Senators to same?
That's what I believe. The recusal gave Rosenstein and Mueller the rope with which to hang themselves, while Sessions appointed Huber and diligently attended to that and other important matters.