to him in the new york times story. and he also was at senator mccarthy s side at some of the lowest points in the united states senate. when sessions did recuse himself, the president, according to the times, erupted in anger saying he needed an attorney general who protected him who he believed bobby kennedy did for jfk or as he believed eric holder did for president obama. that s not how it s supposed to work. an attorney general is not there to protect the president. far from protecting the president, he is supposed to protect the people of the united states. he is the people s lawyer. they are his client. and this point is really fundamental to the department of justice. and so important for rod rosenstein to carry out as well. in protecting the special counsel from any kind of political interference, any kind of fear or favor and it, again, goes to one of the points i ve been making that we need as
that s not how it s supposed to work. an attorney general is not there to protect the president. far from protecting the president, he is supposed to protect the people of the united states. he is the people s lawyer. they are his client. and this point is really fundamental to the department of justice. and so important for rod rosenstein to carry out as well. in protecting the special counsel from any kind of political interference, any kind of fear or favor, and it, again, goes to one of the points i ve been making that we need as congress to protect that special counsel through legislation that would stop his firing. there should be legislation. i hope it will be bipartisan. the bills i ve introduced along with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle are bipartisan, to make sure that the president cannot fire the special counsel or fire rod rosenstein on the
congress to protect that special counsel through legislation that would stop his firing. there should be legislation, i hope it will be bipartisan, the bills i ve introduced along with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle are bipartisan, to make sure that the president cannot fire the special counsel or fire rod rosenstein on the way to firing the special counsel. i want to turn to former fbi director comey. according to the times, an aide to sessions approached a hill staffer looking for dirt on comey because the attorney general wanted one negative article a day about the fbi director. doj spokeswoman denied that this happened, but if it s true, is that appropriate? i mean, if that s true, do you believe sessions should resign? inappropriate and hard to believe that the attorney general of the united states would seek dirt on his own fbi director. it so contravenes the ethic of the department of justice that