Attorney General Jeff Sessions Resigns After Trump’s Request

Andrew Childers

6 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday submitted his resignation to President Donald Trump, via a letter hand-delivered to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. Sessions wrote that he was submitting his resignation at the president’s request. Sessions is the latest person to have resigned or been fired from the Trump Administration.

Trump installed Matt Whitaker, chief of staff at the Justice Department, as acting attorney general, now in charge of the Russia probe led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to a U.S. official, cited by Bloomberg. Whitaker, who has been a critic of the Russia probe, now has the power to fire Mueller or curb his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.

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Andrew Childers

🚨 amazing moment from this Matthew Whitaker interview w/ @ChrisCuomo in 2017 — CC asked what would happen if Rosenstein stepped in to stop Mueller:

"It would be a complete political conniption in Washington D.C., but I also think it would be consistent with the Constitution." pic.twitter.com/u1yYZNySOt
— j.d. durkin (@jd_durkin) November 7, 2018

Andrew Childers

Here's Matthew Whittaker's Iowa voter's guide bio: https://t.co/cbzHcybVtC
— ryan teague beckwith (@ryanbeckwith) November 7, 2018

Andrew Childers

Matt Whitaker now has the power to fire Mueller or curb his investigation https://t.co/gbLHoIdL0o pic.twitter.com/mNS50A760F
— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) November 7, 2018

Andrew Childers

Early taste of oversight under Democratic Congress: https://t.co/rNPEMON8Qk
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) November 7, 2018

Andrew Childers

This 2017 article critical of the Mueller investigation was written by Matthew Whitaker, who was just named acting Attorney General. https://t.co/8AkkOOs49W
— Michael Shure (@michaelshure) November 7, 2018