He is the attorney general of the United States. He advises the president. He knew enough to recuse himself from the investigation. He should have been a grown-up and stood up and said that this was wrong.
Gregory argues that the attorney general should have advised against firing the FBI director during an ongoing investigation.
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But in the end, Trump has to mean something. His leadership has to mean something. It has to improve the country. If he can't demonstrate that, then he's just going to be a polemicist, he's just going to be screaming from the rafters.
You could be told you're not being investigated now, that could change tomorrow.
I would love to ask Hillary Clinton who no doubt will be happy that he's being fired whether she supports purging someone who's investigating a Russian tie to the election.
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