SESSIONS

January 8, 2018

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher,

101 Main Street #380

Huntington Beach, CA 92648

Dear Congressman

Re: Sessions

I tuned in to a recording of the recent CNN interview in which you castigated Attorney General Sessions for his recusal from the Russia investigation, asserting that this was some kind of disrespect for Donald Trump.

I have to ask, first, in what way this was a sign of disrespect, when Sessions clearly and by his own admission had personal issues at stake in the investigation; is this not the proper and respectful thing to do in cases of this kind? I would have wished you could have seen it as a sign of respect for the US Constitution and the rule of law. Instead, in your rush to the defense of the president, you chose to ignore the very real possibility that our democratic system may have been under attack from a hostile foreign power. Would a patriot not rush to the defense of his country, rather than a man who thrives on a diet of transparent lies and intemperate animosity?

Speaking of which—the latter, I mean—I noted that in the interview you employed a strategy that seems to have become the standard for members of your party: rather than answer serious and legitimate questions, you choose to interrupt constantly, shout down the interviewer, and complain loudly that this is what she is doing to you. It is both ironic and degrading to watch you play the victim even as you act the bully. Aside from anything else, it’s bad manners. I would hope we constituents could expect better than this spectacle from our Congressman.

Respectfully,

Peter Clothier, Ph.D.