President Donald Trump has expressed discontent with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and accused other prominent members of the Justice Department and the FBI of having conflicts of interest in a wide-ranging interview with the New York Times. Trump complained that Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigations was “very unfair to him [the […]
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The Justice Department and James Comey are telling 2 different stories about what led to Jeff Sessions’ Trump-Russia recusal
AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, file The US Justice Department attempted to counter potentially damaging testimony from former FBI director James Comey on Thursday by offering its own version of events that led to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recusal from the Tump-Russia investigation. The department said in a statement that Sessions met with DOJ ethics officials “shortly […]
Trump reportedly went ‘ballistic’ over Sessions recusal amid Russia firestorm
Associated Press/Pablo Martinez Monsivais President Donald Trump was outraged Friday over Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recusal from investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, according to media reports. Trump hauled his key advisors into the Oval Office on Friday afternoon before he departed for Palm Beach, Florida, and went “ballistic” over Sessions’ recusal, ABC […]