Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been attacked and belittled by President Donald Trump more than Vladimir Putin has. Trump has had rough patches with most of his top officials at one point or another, but there is a particular poignancy in his humiliating treatment of his own attorney general, who got on board the Trump […]
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Jeff Sessions pushes back on Donald Trump's criticism over handling of FBI
WASHINGTON (AP) — Harshly criticized yet again by his boss, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has abandoned his usual stony silence and pushed back against President Donald Trump for saying Sessions’ response to Republican complaints about the FBI was “disgraceful.” Sessions gave no suggestion he would step down in light of Trump’s charge Wednesday on Twitter […]
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Jeff Sessions interviewed by Robert Mueller's team in Russia investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interviewed for hours last week in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, the Justice Department confirmed Tuesday. He’s the highest-ranking Trump administration official and first Cabinet member known to have submitted to questioning. The interview came as Mueller investigates whether President Donald Trump’s actions in office, including […]
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Trump asked White House lawyer to urge Sessions not to step aside from Russia probe
WASHINGTON — At the behest of President Donald Trump, the White House’s top lawyer called Attorney General Jeff Sessions shortly before he recused himself from the FBI investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and tried to convince him not to do so, according to two people familiar with the discussions. By then, one […]
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Jeff Sessions' policy could kill buzz around Maine’s legal marijuana industry
Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Obama-era policy that had paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country Thursday, a move that could throw Maine’s legal marijuana industry into a tailspin. In a memo, Sessions announced a “return to the rule of law” and directed Department of Justice attorneys to enforce […]
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Jeff Sessions mulls special counsel to investigate Clinton Foundation
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is entertaining the idea of appointing a second special counsel to investigate a host of Republican concerns – including alleged wrongdoing by the Clinton Foundation and the controversial sale of a uranium company to Russia – and has directed senior federal prosecutors to explore at least some of the […]
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President continues assault on Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions thought he was on the Trump team, but he was sadly mistaken. For President Donald Trump, the world breaks down into three categories — there’s family, who are part of the charmed Trump circle by blood or marriage; there are “winners,” who have earned Trump’s regard by making lots of money (often at […]
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Sessions has put Trump in a box
Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s bad week just got worse. And while his new problems would appear to threaten his job, they also put President Donald Trump in a box when it comes to his apparent desire to be rid of Sessions. The Washington Post reported that Russia’s ambassador has said he and Sessions discussed the […]
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Donald Trump's frustration with AG Sessions boils over in interview
In this July 12, 2017, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks in Las Vegas. President Donald Trump says he never would have appointed Sessions as attorney general had he known Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation. Trump makes the extraordinary statement about Sessions in an interview with the New York Times […]
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Watch live: Attorney General Sessions testifies before Senate Intelligence Committee
Attorney General Sessions testifies before Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.