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Nov 8, 2018 · President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday, replacing the head of the Department of Justice with his chief of staff Matthew G. Whitaker.
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the Religious...
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Jeff Sessions was sworn in at the White House in early...
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Nov 7, 2018 · Attorney General Jeff Sessions received no phone call from President Trump, according to an administration official. The call to Sessions came from Chief of Staff John Kelly this morning.
Nov 7, 2018 · WASHINGTON — President Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday, replacing him with a loyalist who has echoed the president’s complaints about the special counsel...
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Even though Sessions was one of Trump's earliest supporters, the president has been laser-focused on targeting Sessions, going as far as to appearing to completely disassociate Sessions with the administration. Prep for the polls: See who is running for president and compare where they stand on key issues in our Voter Guide More:Trump fires Attorne...
Sessions' ouster immediately moves oversight of the ongoing investigation to interim successor Whitaker, who once called for the inquiry to be dramatically scaled back. Sessions recused himself from the probe in March 2017 for failing to disclose election-year meetings with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. That – and Trump's abrupt dismissal of F...
Whitaker, a former football player in Iowawho rose there to become a federal prosecutor and chief of staff at the Justice Department, had been considered for a variety of jobs in the Trump administration. Among Whitaker's possible posts included No. 2 at Justice or as White House counsel. Whitaker had served as Sessions’ chief of staff since Octobe...
In a resignation letter sent to the president, Sessions thanked Trump "for the opportunity" to be attorney general. He also listed what he considered his accomplishments during his tenure. "Since the day I was honored to be sworn in as Attorney General of the United States, I came to work at the Department of Justice every day determined to do my d...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., vowed to protect Mueller, saying it would create a constitutional crisis if Session’s departure were a prelude to ending, or greatly limiting, Mueller’s investigation. "I find the timing very suspect," Schumer said. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called Trump's move a clear effort to dera...
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Nov 7, 2018 · US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been fired by President Donald Trump. Mr Trump had criticised his top law official for months, mainly over his refusal to oversee the investigation...
Jun 30, 2020 · F or several months before he fired Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump had telegraphed that his attorney general would leave following the 2018 midterm elections. Still, Justice Department aides...
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Nov 7, 2018 · President Donald Trump announced Wednesday afternoon that Jeff Sessions would no longer serve as U.S. attorney general. Effectively immediately, Matthew Whitaker, Sessions's chief of staff,...
