beyond the russian investigation is if the department of justice functions independently from the west wing, make an independent valuation based on facts, and provide recommendations that either cleared his name and clear the administration or not. ed the idea this is directed or influenced by the west wing is how we found ourselves in this problem in the first place. look, the president, again, is not going to see it this way, but what attorney general sessions did yesterday by pushing back is the absolute best thing he could do for this administration. >> it's why you have nina turner, new president of the jeff sessions fan club, which -- >> just on the issue of hyim standing up for himself. >> poignant one because everything the president has been mad at him for doing is him being ethical. him rescuing himself. him saying, no, i have the inspector general look into this. >> doing things the proper way.