Trump intensifies attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions
US President Donald Trump has publicly attacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions again, accusing him of taking “a very weak position” on alleged “crimes” by his former presidential rival Hillary Clinton and intelligence leakers.
Trump took a swipe at Sessions on Twitter, calling him “our beleaguered AG” and questioning why Sessions was not investigating “Crooked Hillary’s crimes & Russia relations.”
“Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails & DNC server) & Intel leakers!” Trump tweeted on Tuesday.
Trump also lashed out at acting FBI director Andrew McCabe, saying it is a "problem" that he is in charge of the Clinton investigation.
Trump's latest criticism of the embattled attorney general followed a report in The Washington Post that the president and his advisers have discussed replacing Sessions, a remarkable public break with one of his earliest political supporters.
Sessions announced in March that he was recusing himself from matters related to the Justice Department’s investigation of alleged Russian interference in the election and any connections to the Trump campaign.
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Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak has told his superiors in Moscow that he discussed campaign-related matters with Sessions, contrary to public assertions by the attorney general, according to current and former US officials.
Kislyak conversations with Sessions, who was a senator from Alabama and a foreign policy adviser to Trump when he was the Republican presidential candidate last year, were intercepted by US spy agencies.
Sessions has repeatedly denied discussing election-related issues with Russian officials. “I never had meetings with Russian operatives or Russian intermediaries about the Trump campaign,” Sessions said in March.
In an interview with The New York Times last week, Trump said he never would have hired Sessions had he known the attorney general would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation that has consumed his presidency.
The US intelligence community has accused Russia of running a series of high-profile cyber attacks to change the outcome of the November 8 presidential election in favor of Trump.
Trump has repeatedly rejected such reports and has expressed support for improving relations with the US’ former Cold War foe.
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