I don't get it: Sessions didn't wait outside of the Oval Office?

[Recursion]

This whole thing has never made sense to me, and Sessions just made it make less sense.

From Comey's testimony, I had assumed his debrief from Sessions was that night, after his one-on-one with Trump. But, yeah, Comey didn't actually say that, and Sessions was clear that it was the next day.

This is astounding to me. Maybe my point of view is warped by having more experience with the military side of the government than the civilian side, but it strikes me that for a superior to dismiss a subordinate in order to talk to that subordinate's subordinate has to be extraordinary in the civilian world too, right?

Putting myself in Sessions's shoes: Trump has asked me to leave the room so he can talk to Comey, who is my report. I literally cannot imagine a situation where I would not be standing about 3 millimeters outside of the Oval Office so I can debrief Comey immediately and figure out what the hell my boss said to him and what he said to my boss. In the charitable interpretation, I want to protect my report, but even more cynically I definitely want to cover my own ass there and figure out immediately what had just happened.

That whole thing is just weird.

[marylandblue]

1. Civilian government is different than military, but

yes, it's practically unheard of to dismiss a boss and just talk to the subordinate. Most bosses I know would try to resist in order to protect the subordinate, but if forced, they would certainly expect an immediate debrief.

[napi21]

2. You're missing one major thing! You are describing life inside a very disciplined organization.

There is absolutely NO DISCIPLINE INSIDE THIS WHITE HOUSE! The ONLY rules are "The Con Rules." Those rules state that anything that is done is done for the protection and glorification of THE CONMAN! No one nor anything else matters.

[MedusaX]

3. Sessions knew what was going on... and disappeared hoping to avoid any interaction w/comey

Sessions is similar to the woman who walks out of her daughter's bedroom and closes the door behind her...
Knowing that her own daughter is now being forced to perform sexual acts on the mother's live in boyfriend...

Yet chooses to sacrifice her own daughter in order to keep the jackass boyfriend happy....

[Recursion]

5. The parallels between Comey's experience and the experience of sexual harassment victims...

... is astounding. This is just another example.

[Phoenix61]

4. I'm sure Twiter called him the second Comey left the room

to tell him it was a no go and they'd have to figure out another plan.

[MFM008]

6. Your right

It is very weird .