On a recent episode of his podcast, Tucker Carlson took a moment to support former Alabama U.S. Senator and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whose first action upon being appointed AG in 2017 by President Donald Trump was to recuse himself from the investigation into Russia's alleged attempts to influence the 2016 election.
Carlson was discussing with conservative commentator Charlie Kirk the recent revelations that the Obama administration allegedly orchestrated the Russian allegations to impede Trump's campaign. That's when Kirk said he thought it was a mistake for Sessions to have recused himself from the case. Carlson agreed but added some nuance.
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"Let me just say that whatever you think of what Sessions did or why he did it or whatever, I'm probably the only person willing to give him credit for a good-faith mistake. I think it was obviously a mistake," Carlson said.
"Everyone beats up on Jeff Sessions. I know Jeff Sessions very well. Jeff Sessions is no liberal. Jeff Sessions is a really decent man. Jeff Sessions made a big mistake, in my opinion, by recusing himself, but he didn't do it to sabotage Trump. He was the first senator to endorse Trump," he continued. "He loved Trump."
"So whatever, the whole thing was a tragedy," Carlson continued. "But my point is, wherever you stand on that, it separated the president from his attorney general."
Kirk conceded that Sessions was "really good on violent crime," as AG.
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