though, is it okay for him appropriate for him to be ordering the white house counsel to go tell sessions not to recuse himself? well, it s quite inappropriate and sessions was following the advice of long-time professionals at the justice department who quite clearly looked at the facts and said, look, mr. sessions, as attorney general, you cannot be in charge of an investigation in which you are implicated as a witness and perhaps have done something inappropriate in how you have responded to questions about your contacts yourself with the soviet with the russian ambassador kislyak and so attacking that. yeah. is extraordinary. of courses trump finds himself in the remarkable position of having an independent person of the highest repute, robert