Why Trump dumping Sessions is a major Russia move

In the course of one afternoon, President Donald Trump essentially took control of the Russia investigation. What does that mean going forward?

SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:

ICYMI: Sessions is out https://cnn.it/2D7CAUy

Who’s the boss? https://cnn.it/2qEZnzIl

And what does this mean for Mueller? https://cnn.it/2DdysCI

Trump’s prefered firing method: The tweet https://bit.ly/2STEopE

Whitaker had some thoughts on the Russia probe https://cnn.it/2DcxUg4

And there’s virtually no way a recusal happens https://cnn.it/2RJIfV6

Trump was not happy about the Sessions recusal. Not one bit.
https://nyti.ms/2ucrHMp

12 hours after the midterms, the Dems had something to be mad about https://cnn.it/2DbDJuk

The end is near! https://cnn.it/2JOj7JW

That post-midterm news conference was a doozy https://bit.ly/2PftE6W

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