Andrew Kent was quoted in a Mother Jones article about the impact of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ possible recusal violations.
Last week, President Donald Trump tweeted his frustration that the FBI was not providing documents about his former political opponent, Hillary Clinton, to congressional investigators at a rapid enough clip. What Trump didn’t mention was that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had already instructed the FBI to pick up the pace. In fact, Sessions had long been doing Trump’s bidding on politically sensitive matters that he promised to recuse himself from. A few weeks earlier, after Trump had publicly called for the ouster of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe before he could retire with full benefits, Sessions fired him.
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The Monday after McCabe’s firing, American Oversight asked the Justice Department inspector general to investigate Sessions’ involvement in multiple matters he is recused from and to release his findings to the public. But the inspector general cannot sanction Sessions or change his behavior. Instead, he can only investigate the matter, issue a report to Congress, and recommend penalties, says Andrew Kent, an expert in professional responsibility and legal ethics at Fordham University School of Law.