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He could fire him. so he has to go change regulations and then fire, and as laura said, that, i think, would be seen by congress as an abusive action. >> you do have to show cause. >> the final one is arbiter. unlike michael flynn and james comey, they didn't have such support. sessions did. >> those same code of regulations govern the budget of special counsel and that is in the purview of the government. i could see where sessions is replaced and that attorney general doesn't fire bob mueller but he just reduces his budget to so low that his investigation has to grind to a halt. >> to reduce...

Others to look into that meeting. >> yes indeed. and what did the senate chairman tell you. >> reporter: i talked to jeff sessions and the attorney general and about concerns on capitol hill trudhat trump may e jeff sessions. in charge of any nomination hearing for attorney general said he agenda is "full" for the year. meaning he is not ready to move forward at any successor to jeff sessions. a very stark warning to the white house that if president trump were indeed to fire sessions, that he would not move on a successor this year. so that shows you, wolf, that even if president trump wants ...

Position even more bizarre. >> i understand what you're saying. >> it's not -- it's because there was this intervening fact of a botched testimony. >> correct. what sessions did, most people think was the right thing to do. the president would be one of the few exceptions. but it is an important point. >> the president is essentially criticizing sessions for being tough on leaker, but sessions did oversee the arrest of a leaker and is cracking down on immigration, the war on drugs, all the things the president wanted him to do. >> true. but this is about none of that except russia. when the pr...

Go, for the good of the team. >> i think that if donald trump feels that sessions is not doing his whole job, bye-bye. >> reporter: danielle is one of many we talked to here like the president is angered the attorney general recused himself in the russia investigation. >> what some people think is the donald trump want sessions to quit so he can bring in a new attorney general who would then get rid of robert mueller the special counsel. >> i think the special counsel should be gotten rid of. it's ridiculous. >> robert mueller had an esteemed professional career. not much talk of that here. >>...

Makes a move, he says, outright, it's about how he handled the russia investigation. that's what this is. the president has said it himself and it fits with a pattern here, that he's upset with a number of people, whether it be sessions or mueller or comey before him. because it's an investigation he's uncomfortable with and that he wants to go away. as the president often does, he measures loyalty and effectiveness via the prism of how does it affect him, himself, and with sessions here, he's the latest victim to fall to that. sessions did not defend him from this russia investigation, did no...