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And there's no implication that he did anything wrong in all of that -- >> we will see. sandra: sessions is firing back which is really interesting because we haven't seen him fire back in such a public way. he said he will not let the department be improperly influenced by political considerations. is that a sign, perhaps, gillian that he's taking this feud more public? >> absolutely. a lot of folks were shocked to see that tweet when it came out yesterday. sandra: statement, yeah. >> or thursday whatever it was. i do disagree with maria slightly in terms of the timing here. i think that if s...

>> yes. it feels like he's trying to provoke something out of jeff sessions. maybe he'll stop. but that's not been our experience with donald trump. >> richard, one of the key problems is that if sessions leaves, as chris just noted, who replaces him? there was a report that some in the white house have dismissed, the possibility of rudy giuliani replacing him. as i said, some people in the office say that is not true. and rudy giuliani says that's not true. another big question, as chris says, who could take the job in i mean, who could get confirmed? >> well, the big problem is that jeff ses...

Interviewing and want to talk to the attorney general and it was well advised for the attorney general to recuse himself. >> and greg craig, i should point out maybe this is bogus, maybe it's just -- by kislyak, maybe he invented it? >> you're absolutely right. there's no basis for having any reason to give that great of credibility than what the attorney general says. putting that aside as a measure of credibility, it puts the attorney general in the middle of the investigation as a relevant witness as to whether or not there were communications and collusion or cooperation between the campai...

Relevant witness as to whether or not there was collusion or cooperation during the between with the russians during the election. >> jeffrey rosen, what happens if sessions leaves? either he resigns or he's fired. a new a.g. comes in and seeks to fire mueller, could he do so? >> yes, he has the constitutional legal authority to do so. the special prosecutor statute says that the prosecutor has to be fired by the attorney general. but the question is would he do it? or would he be like elliott richardson, nixon's attorney general, who retined rather than firing the special prosecutor. and then...

Because if they're so concerned about these leaks constantly coming out, why did they allow this journalist in in the first place? we've heard michael wolff described as a part gossip columnist, part psychologist. other reporters have questioned his credibility. however, i question why he was even allowed in the white house if they're so concerned about leaks coming out. >> and sean, i want to take a quick turn back to attorney general sessions not being invited to this weekend's camp david retreat. meanwhile, we're reading recording threports that epa administrator scott pruitt is interested ...