“He lifted his head off the pillow and in very strong terms expressed his view of the matter, rich in both substance and fact, which stunned me,” Comey said. Then, he said, Ashcroft added: “But that doesn’t matter, because I’m not the attorney general. There is the attorney general,” and pointed at Comey, who was appointed acting attorney general when Ashcroft fell ill.
I believe this is where I have sympathy for the devil. More seriously, that Ashcroft was willing to resign along with Mueller is stunning. And yet, the current AG was the enforcer to try and get a heavily sedated man to approve a plan.
Agreed. It’s pretty sad when Ashcroft(!) is a symbol of rectitude and independence when compared with the Bushies.