As the nation’s top law-enforcement official, Sessions would be in the awkward position of overseeing an investigation in which his own communications are under scrutiny. Multiple Democratic lawmakers have urged him to step aside, along with Representative Darrell Issa, the California Republican who pursued multiple investigations against the Obama administration as chair of the House Oversight Committee.
Those calls are now likely to grow louder. Shortly after the Post’s story was published, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican and frequent critic of the Russian government, told a CNN town hall that a special prosecutor would be warranted if the reports about Sessions’ interactions were true.
[Another good read on this topic]:
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Can't wait to see the last of that gimlet-eyed cracker.