Hollywood stars from Kumail Nanjiani to Kathy Griffin didn’t have much sympathy for Jeff Sessions as he resigned as attorney general on Wednesday — but a few people wondered what impact his exit would have on special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of President Trump.
“Goodbye Sessions. Couldn’t have happened to a worse guy,” said Nanjiani, who joked that Sessions is “Waze-ing the quickest route to Mueller’s office.”
While Nanjiani’s joke presumed that Sessions might turn against Trump by helping Mueller, others worried that it could throw the investigation off track. Sessions’ replacement will now take over control of the Mueller investigation, a fact that led to fears about its future, the New York Times explained.