the key ones are, laura? yeah, absolutely, kate. another huge day on capitol hill. this time, attorney general jeff sessions in the hot seat, and there are five key questions we think he s likely to face. first and foremost, why exactly did the president of the united states fire james comey, and what was sessions role in that firing? you will remember, sessions sent a letter to the president on may 9th, actually recommending comey s firing based on the fact that he had flouted doj protocols. but then the president changed the story of it and said that the russia investigation was on his mind. so, senators are going to want to know exactly how does this wear with sessions recusal, since he s not supposed to know anything about the russia investigation? the next thing is that comey says that trump left him that sessions left trump alone in the room in the oval office, so we have to know, and senators are going to want to know, exactly what was sessions thinking about this? why di
national security, we could expect the attorney general to invoke executive privilege. the question then becomes whether the senators want to go forward and try to compel him through litigation to answer, nonetheless. and that, of course, is a bit of a longer, drawn-out process that would be, you know absolutely. absolutely. on the other hand, if the question were, were you in the room on such-and-such a date at this televised event, obviously, there s no cause to claim executive privilege because it s not in any way secret, classified, confidential information. so, peter, one of the big questions, and there are lots, of course, for sessions, is his role, any role that he played in comey s firing. you saw that that was clearly part of the conversation that was going towards rod rosenstein just this morning, because that all gets to how recused is he really, in terms of sessions, with regard to the russia
doj talk about? sessions, obviously, said that he told comey there are those lines, but comey says it a little bit differently and says sessions just stared at him blankly. the next thing is, did sessions of offer to resign? last week, cnn and others reported that the relationship had fractured a bit. but i am told that sessions has no plans to resign. but if he did offer, why? and we re told that the president didn t accept it. so, senators are going to certainly want to probe him on that and get to the bottom of it. the next is, what exactly is doj s position on the support for special counsel bob mueller? the trump confidante, chris ruddy, is now saying that the president of the united states is considering terminating mueller, but the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, is up on the hill right now saying that there are regulations in place, and that decision isn t up to the president. and last but not least, how many times exactly did sessions meet with the russian ambassador,