Does Trump return Mueller now?

The flash of the day after the mid-term elections in the United States: as announced Wednesday afternoon (local time) US President Donald Trump on Twitter, Justice Secretary Jeff Sessions resign immediately. In fact, Sessions does not give up his office voluntarily, he was much more fired – over the phone.

White House chief of staff John Kelly called Wednesday morning 71 years to tell him that Trump was asking him to resign. The sessions then wrote to the White House: "Dear Mr. President, at your request, I announce my resignation."

The start of the sessions could have far – reaching consequences in the case of Russia. LOOK answers the most important questions:

Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions are at war almost since the arrival of the new government. Sessions were biased in the Russian business and resigned. His reason: as a member of the Trump team, he had met during the 2016 election campaign a Russian ambbadador. The decision of the sessions became a problem for the presidents as the supervision of the contacts investigations with Russia fell on the deputy minister of justice, Rod Rosenstein. In May 2017, he appointed former FBI director Robert Mueller, a special investigator, who has since severely damaged the president.

Since then, Trump has always talked about his Minister of Justice. "I'm not happy with many things," Trump said in September on the Hill.TV online portal. "I do not have a Minister of Justice, it is very sad." Again and again, the President of the United States has spoken of a "witch hunt" in the US. Russia's case. He made the session responsible.

This Trump wants to get rid of his hated Minister of Justice was an open secret. If he had fired him before mid-term, the Republicans would probably have channeled the voice of their moderate supporters. The US president did not want to waste time after the half-time elections. For the new Congress with a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives will meet for the first time on 3 January. By then, Trump will have another two months to pursue a strategy in the Russian case with a new justice minister.

Matthew Whitaker, former chief of staff of the Department of Justice, is acting in this position. He is considered a friend of Trump and criticizes Russian investigations. In a CNN column, Whitaker wrote last year that Special Investigator Mueller would go too far in his research on the finances of the Trump family. "This would raise serious concerns that the Special Advisor's investigation was only a witch hunt." Whitaker may be acting justice minister for up to 210 days, according to the law on employment reform.

The day after the half-time elections could be a turning point in Russia's investigations. Because Whitaker should also take the leadership of Robert Mueller's Deputy Minister of Justice, Rod Rosenstein. That gives a lot of power to Trump's right hand. It could reduce the budget of the special investigator or even engage Mueller to put an end to the investigation on a specific case. In addition, extension requests can easily get rid of Whitaker.

American political scientist T. J. Pempel, of the University of California, notes a change of power behind the change at the head of the Justice Department: "Now, Trump has the reins in his hand," he told LOOK. Whitaker's mission will be to protect the US President and marginalize, limit or even stop the investigation into Mueller.

The president will hardly dare. Because this could take the Democrats as an opportunity to start the procedure of impeachment of the House of Representatives against the President. According to experts, it is likely that some Republican senators will be forced to remove Trump from office in case of removal of Mueller. Whitaker could fire Mueller if he could prove to him that he had acted badly.

Until January 3, the opposition party of today has his hands tied. Only then will the new congress meet for the first time. "Democrats could launch investigations early next year to test any interference from the president," said expert Pempel. However, it is very uncertain whether these successes are successful. "In short, it is a big mess that will probably mean one step closer to an authoritarian regime following the Turkish-Hungarian pattern."