jeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment and that attorney general doesn't fire bob mueller, but he just reduces a budget so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt. >> that was july 2017. just two months later, whitaker was named chief of staff to then-ag jeff sessions. later taking on the job of acting ag when sessions was fired by the president. so it sure sounds like the president got the message. and then there's brett kavanaugh, who wrote in 2009, "we should not burden a sitting president with civil suits, criminal investigations, or criminal prosecutions." and don't forget william barr, wrote a lengthy memo against prosecuting the president for obstruction of justice, which sure didn't hurt his chances of getting the job of attorney general. >> some have said on both sides