In one of the least surprising developments in recorded history, Trump fired Jeff Sessions by tweet less than 24 hours after the midterms. He will now look for an AG who will act, not as the nation’s lawyer, but as an instrument to weaponize the criminal justice system in his own interest. That’s not speculation. It’s a given.
The nominee, regardless of who it is, will give the right answers about political influence in the system to the Senate, which will confirm him, just as it confirmed Kavanaugh. Then we will find out if he was lying or not. Maybe he will be telling the truth; some of Trump’s people, like Christopher Wray, actually do have professional ethics. Maybe he won’t, in which case we will be heading down the road towards a banana republic, and impeachment will be the only remedy.
I don’t know how this turns out. I just know what’s at stake, and it scares the daylights out of me.