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Donald Trump launches fresh assault on Jeff Sessions as Attorney General clings to job Donald Trump launches fresh assault on Jeff Sessions as Attorney General clings to job
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Donald Trump has launched a fresh attack on his Department of Justice, even as his Attorney General seeks to cling on to his job.Donald Trump has launched a fresh attack on his Department of Justice, even as his Attorney General seeks to cling on to his job.
Amid mounting speculation that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will have little option but to stand down, Mr Trump launched another broadside by social media against his own cabinet member.
“Why didnt AG Sessions replace Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a Comey friend who was in charge of Clinton investigation,” he said on Twitter. “But but got big dollars ($700,000) for his wife’s political run from Hillary Clinton and her representatives. Drain the Swamp.”
Mr Trump’s tweets are just the latest attack on a member of his team who has displayed intense loyalty to the President. As a senator for Alabama, Mr Sessions was the first member of the US Senate to offer public support for Mr Trump’s campaign.
Mr Trump made clear in an interview to the New York Times last week that he was angry with Mr Sessions for recusing himself from a probe into possible links between the campaign and Russia. Mr Trump said the official’s decision was very “unfair” and that he would not have selected him for the job had he known was going to do so.
Observers believe that Mr Sessions’ behaviour has made it harder for Mr Trump to fire special prosecutor Robert Mueller, who is heading the federal probe.