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\nAdams said that his theory explained why Trump had retained Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, even while attacking him for failing to pursue charges against Hillary Clinton, as well as members of the \u201cdeep state\u201d who had conspired to spy on the Trump campaign.
The goal, he said, was to make sure prosecutors understood there was a \u201cred line\u201d they could not cross \u2014 because doing so would trigger Sessions\u2019s replacement with a prosecutor who would take down Trump\u2019s enemies:
Adams later specified that the \u201cred line\u201d for Special Counsel Robert Mueller was any investigation into the broader finances of the Trump Organization, which had nothing to do with the 2016 presidential election or allegations of Russian \u201ccollusion.\u201d
He noted that even though Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg had been granted immunity in exchange for providing information to prosecutors, that information was limited to the investigation into Trump\u2019s former lawyer, Michael Cohen. If prosecutors pushed Weisselberg for more information, Adams speculated, that would trigger \u201cmutually assured destruction\u201d \u2014 and prosecutors knew it.
If Trump could not find a nominee who could pass Senate confirmation, Adams said, he could keep firing underlings \u2014 including Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein \u2014 until he found someone who would target Hillary Clinton and her associates.
He added that Trump\u2019s gambit would work even if he was removed from office before he could imprison Hillary Clinton. His successor would do so \u2014 either immediately, or the next time a Republican was elected. The motive for revenge among Trump supporters would be too strong to ignore, Adams argued.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. He is also the co-author of How Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution, which is available from Regnery. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.<\/p>\n

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