the past spoke out about the investigation. nancy pelosi and schumer called for matthew whitaker to recuse himself. jay nadler said sessions firing fits a clear pattern of interference by the president. joining me now is senator chris coons. a member of the senate judiciary committee. senator, thanks for being with us. today you tweeted the president crossed a red line by firing sessions. doesn t the president, though, have the authority to fire anyone within his cabinet? anderson, he does have the authority to fire members of his own cabinet. what he can t do is fire members of his own cabinet and replace them with partisan loyalists going around the succession procedures for the department of justice. in an attempt to influence or impede or end the special counsel s investigation. so if it s done for an improper purpose, he shouldn t be doing this. cnn is reporting tonight that for whit squlnaker, ending or t to stop the russia probe, for now you say he should recuse himself.
protected now that the president fired jeff sessions and named an acting attorney general who in the past spoke out about the investigation. nancy pelosi and schumer called for matthew whitaker to recuse himself. jay nadler said sessions firing fits a clear pattern of interference by the president. joining me now is senator chris coons. a member of the senate judiciary committee. senator, thanks for being with us. today you tweeted the president crossed a red line by firing sessions. doesn t the president, though, have the authority to fire anyone within his cabinet? anderson, he does have the authority to fire members of his own cabinet. what he can t do is fire members of his own cabinet and replace them with partisan loyalists going around the succession procedures for the department of justice in an attempt to influence or impede or end the special counsel s investigation. so if it s done for an improper purpose, he shouldn t be doing this. cnn is reporting tonight that for wh