S Sanders: Yes, we fired Comey to bring Russia investigation to its End

[angus]

Yes, we fired Comey to bring Russia investigation to its End

Well of course they did. 

How is this surprising to you?  Or to anyone?  Seriously, I don't even follow this stuff very closely.  I rarely watch the talking head shows and I mostly post in the off-topic board, but I immediately understood why he dismissed Comey once I heard that he dismissed Comey.  Trump obviously wanted to squelch the Russia thing pretty quickly, and since Comey was pursuing it he need to be canned.

[angus]

So doesn't that mean that Jeff Sessions directly intervened on the Russian investigation after he recused himself?   Isn't that illegal?   Shouldn't he resign?

Sessions was bad news from the beginning.  I'm surprised that the Democrats and the press didn't make a bigger stink about him earlier.  He's far too agenda-driven to be an objectivist AG.

Still, I think he may have covered his ass, at least legally.  We'll see how it plays out. 

[angus]

  "with integrity"




in·teg·ri·ty   /inˈteɡ rə tē/

noun:
    1.  the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.
    "he is known to be a man of integrity"
    synonyms:   honesty, probity, rectitude, honor, good character, principle(s), ethics, morals, righteousness, morality, virtue, decency, fairness, scrupulousness, sincerity, truthfulness, trustworthiness
 
    2.  the state of being whole and undivided.
    "upholding territorial integrity and national sovereignty"
synonyms:   unity, unification, coherence, cohesion, togetherness, solidarity

I think the second sense will apply here.  Close ranks; cast out the traitor.