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Wanting to do interpretation about the department's moves. they've got an interest to move the case forward. i think it's important for rod rosenstein to look at it that way. it's unusual. typically the law and the process is to move the deputy attorney general into that slot. there's a reason for senate confirmation. that is to make sure somebody has the judgment, temperment, experience, knowledge, all those qualifications that we consider basic. i think you could -- we're at a point where if whitaker is not even talking now about the need to recuse himself, i question whether or not he has t...

Relationship was seriously strained after sessions were curious himself from the rusher probe well now democrats and even some republicans are worried about what is removal could mean for that investigation. jeff sessions now the former u.s. attorney general fired by donald trump applauded by his staff as he leaves the justice department the attorney general oversees the department and it's the department that's in charge of special counsel robert miller's investigation into russia's possible role in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election an election that put trump into office. tha...

Now, this assumes that republicans would somehow try to get in the way of sessions replacement and it also assumes that there will be a sessions replacement, which as my colleague michael was just saying we think right now maybe that's not the case. maybe this has blown over. from what i'm hearing, as well, there have been senior aides in the white house telling the president that firing jeff sessions would abe terrible idea because of the rupture that it would cause with the conservative base of the republican party. sessions was a validater for a lot of donald trump's warrior supporters. he ...

Modern era last couple of years. there's a way to keep the senate minimally in session, maybe one or two members present. that way, most of the senate's on summer break. but this can't happen. is that correct? >> that's correct from my understanding of the senate rules, brian. i think what we've never seen before and what kind of leaves an open question as to how this might unfold is you've never had a republican president and a republican congress together at such a tumultuous time where there is the question of the possibility of a recess appointment. now, this assumes that republicans would...

Of power. he's going to look at everything in trump world. i think there's real deep concerns at the white house about that. >> to mr. peters, i used to know just two things about recess appointments and fact check me here to see if they're still true. number one, it's good still the next congress comes into town and number two, we haven't had many full-on recesses in the modern era last couple of years. there's a way to keep the senate minimally in session, maybe one or two members present. that way, most of the senate's on summer break. but this can't happen. is that correct? >> that's corre...