Nope, the attorney general acts independently. The only thing Trump can do is fire Sessions if he thinks Sessions isn't doing his job. But he can't order Sessions to investigate anyone. Now someone like Lynch might bow to the President's wishes and meet Bill Clinton during an investigation of his wife. But we know all they discussed was their kids and golf game. There has never been anything remotely suggestive of Hillary doing anything illegal. She and Bill were too busy giving speeches to have the time to be naughty. When she deleted those 33000 personal emails she was heard laughing her head off for hours at all the fond memories of Chelsea's wedding. She's good people.
I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you're not that naive, and yes, I realize that most of your post was sarcastic.
And, of course, the President can't instruct the Justice Department to investigate anyone: that would be illegal, as well as gauche.
But here's the thing - Trump has all the cards here.
Remember? The President can declassify anything, and he has everything at his fingertips.
Trump is all but daring the Justice Department to go after Clinton with his endless juvenile tweets.
So, if there really is anything 'there' there about Clinton, it's not a case of Trump instructing the Justice Department to do anything, he just gives them the information that Hill-Dog is the traitorous treasonous crazy b that she is, and boom: legitimate investigations ensue.
Why hasn't that happened? Heck, for Hillary to be charged with something wouldn't even need Trump. Why hasn't Sessions brought charges against Hillary? He's in 'the know', as they say, now that he's head of the largest law enforcement agency in the galaxy.
Yet, we have weak '
no, you're stupid' tweets from the President to distract from the fact that he's the one on the hot seat.
When Obama was President, and Loretta Lynch was in charge, the Republicans spent years and millions of tax-payer money to try and nail Clinton.
Trump is President, Sessions is in charge, what's the problem?