ELECTION/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans are in a jam when it comes to Jeff Sessions. While resigned to President Donald Trump firing the attorney general after the midterm elections, they suspect that perhaps only a sitting senator could win confirmation as Sessions’ successor — that is, someone they could trust not to interfere with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. But no one from their ranks seems to want the job. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said any new nominee must pledge to protect the Mueller investigation, and that it would help if that person were ‘somebody from the body or someone who has had experience … or somebody you know personally, you know what you’re getting.’ But he said it’s not going to be him, despite private belief among his colleagues he’s eyeing the job.”
–Burgess Everett and Eliana Johnson, “GOP senators: No Sessions replacement could get confirmed,” Politico, September 12, 2018 7:11 pm