DOJ/TRUMP ADMIN: “As the Justice Department investigated who was behind leaks of classified information early in the Trump administration, it took a highly unusual step: Prosecutors subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of at least two Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, aides and family members. One was a minor… Prosecutors, under the beleaguered […]
Category: Jeff Sessions
10/7/2020
DOJ/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/JOE BIDEN/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “These families fled persecution and violence to seek safety in the land of the free. But instead of providing refuge, the Trump Administration ripped their children away from them. The cruelty was the point — and it’s reprehensible. RT @nytmike NEW: ‘We need to take away children,’ AG [Jeff] […]
9/18/2020
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS: “And we had an Attorney General [Jeff Sessions] that didn’t have a clue. That was my fault. I was loyal to somebody. Endorsed me early. You know whey he endorsed me? Because I went to Mobile, Alabama. We had 55,000 people show up at a stadium. He said, ‘I’d like to endorse […]
7/14/2020
CHUCK SCHUMER/JEFF SESSIONS/NANCY PELOSI/SENATE: “Wow, just called! @TTuberville – Tommy Tuberville WON big against Jeff Sessions. Will be a GREAT Senator for the incredible people of Alabama. @DougJones is a terrible Senator who is just a Super Liberal puppet for Schumer & Pelosi. Represents Alabama poorly. On to November 3rd.“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 14, 2020 […]
7/11/2020
ENDORSEMENT/JEFF SESSIONS: “Big Senate Race in Alabama on Tuesday. Vote for @TTuberville, he is a winner who will never let you down. Jeff Sessions is a disaster who has let us all down. We don’t want him back in Washington!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2020 2:36 am […]
6/25/2020
MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/NANCY PELOSI/RUSSIA/CHUCK SCHUMER/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “[W]e have Schumer and Pelosi and people that are bad people that I honestly believe don’t love our country. What they do to our country and what they’ve done with this scam — the whole scam. Flynn is a piece of it. The Mueller scam. Now […]
6/3/2020
HILLARY CLINTON/JEFF SESSIONS: “Undercover Huber is a great spoof, funny, but at the same time sad, because the real @JohnWHuber did absolutely NOTHING. He was a garbage disposal unit for important documents & then, tap, tap, tap, just drag it along & run out of time. A.G. Jeff Sessions was played like a drum!“ –Donald […]
5/23/2020
CHUCK SCHUMER/ENDORSEMENT/JEFF SESSIONS/NANCY PELOSI: “Jeff [Sessions], you had your chance & you blew it. Recused yourself ON DAY ONE (you never told me of a problem), and ran for the hills. You had no courage, & ruined many lives. The dirty cops, & others, got caught by better & stronger people than you. Hopefully this […]
5/22/2020
DOJ/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Jeff Sessions was a disaster as attorney general. Should have never been attorney general, was not qualified. He’s not mentally qualified to be attorney general. He was the biggest problem. I mean, look Jeff Sessions put people in place that were a disaster.” -Donald Trump in an interview recorded on May 22, […]
5/22/2020
ENDORSEMENT/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER: “3 years ago, after Jeff Sessions recused himself, the Fraudulent Mueller Scam began. Alabama, do not trust Jeff Sessions. He let our Country down. That’s why I endorsed Coach Tommy Tuberville (@TTuberville), the true supporter of our #MAGA agenda! https://secure.winred.com/tommytubervill“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 22, 2020 1:10 pm […]
5/8/2020
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Jeff Sessions was a disaster. I didn’t want to make him attorney general, but he was the first senator to endorse me, so I felt a little bit of an obligation. He came to see me four times just begging me to be attorney general. He wasn’t, you know, to me […]
3/4/2020
JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This is what happens to someone who loyally gets appointed Attorney General of the United States & then doesn’t have the wisdom or courage to stare down & end the phony Russia Witch Hunt. Recuses himself on FIRST DAY in office, and the Mueller Scam begins! https://t.co/2jGnRgOS6h“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
4/24/2019
HILLARY CLINTON/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions had a tenuous hold on his job when President Trump called him at home in the middle of 2017. The president had already blamed him for recusing himself from investigations related to the 2016 election, sought his resignation and belittled him in private and […]
4/18/2019
JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump responded to news of special counsel Robert Mueller’s 2017 appointment by telling then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he was ‘fucked,’ according to a redacted version of Mueller’s report released Thursday [4—18-19]. ‘Oh my God,’ the president told Sessions, according to the report. ‘This is terrible. This […]
3/8/2019
JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sessions didn’t have a clue! https://t.co/XlLpnINOBv” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 8, 2019 3:50 pm […]
1/15/2019
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The president’s pick to replace Jeff Sessions at the helm of the Justice Department has known and admired the president’s bête noire, Robert Mueller, for 30 years — and somehow President Donald Trump seems fine with that. The relationship, which Barr described in public Tuesday [1-15-19] during his […]
12/19/2018
COURT/DHS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in Washington on Wednesday [12-19-18] ruled that the Trump administration violated federal law by barring migrants from qualifying for asylum in the U.S. based on their fears from domestic abuse or gang violence in their home countries, the second judicial rebuke to the administration’s efforts to limit […]
12/16/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….a persecution of the President.’ Daniel Henninger, The Wall Street Journal. Thank you, people are starting to see and understand what this Witch Hunt is all about. Jeff Sessions should be ashamed of himself for allowing this total HOAX to get started in the first place!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December […]
12/7/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Friday [12-7-18] that he plans to nominate former Attorney General William Barr to his old job, naming a formal replacement for Jeff Sessions after ousting him last month and inserting a new controversial figure into special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Trump told reporters outside […]
11/15/2018
ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump insisted Thursday [11-15-18] that despite a recent flurry of high-level reshuffling inside his administration, with more reportedly on the way, his White House ‘is running very smoothly.’ The media, Trump said, had overhyped personnel moves, which have included the removal of Jeff Sessions as attorney general and […]
11/14/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A new Justice Department analysis released Wednesday [11-14-18] backs up President Donald Trump’s appointment last week of acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker despite a growing political and legal backlash. The 20-page DOJ memo — addressed to top White House attorney Emmet Flood — leans heavily on historical precedent to argue […]
11/13/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/COURTS/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The state of Maryland launched a court challenge on Tuesday [11-13-18] to the legality of President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting U.S. attorney general, saying the president overstepped his constitutional authority and broke federal law. Trump installed Whitaker as acting attorney general last week after ordering […]
11/12/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/ETHICS/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is consulting with ethics officials regarding possible recusal from overseeing the special counsel’s Russia investigation, the Justice Department said on Monday [11-12-18]…Whitaker has been overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation since last Wednesday, when Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ resignation triggered a set of events that left […]
11/12/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/ETHICS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will consult with ethics officials about any matters that could require him to recuse himself, the Justice Department said on Monday [11-12-18], after critics called on him to step aside from overseeing a Special Counsel probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election…Whitaker […]
11/12/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “San Francisco’s city attorney on Monday [11-12-18] questioned the recent appointment of a new acting attorney general, saying in a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice that his office may take court action if the DOJ does not provide a legal justification for the designation. President Donald Trump […]
11/9/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump went out of his way on Friday [11-9-18] to distance himself from Matthew G. Whitaker, his choice to replace Jeff Sessions as attorney general, saying repeatedly that he did not know Mr. Whitaker and had not spoken to him and emphasizing that the new attorney […]
11/9/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Matthew G. Whitaker is a highly respected former U.S. Attorney from Iowa. He was chosen by Jeff Sessions to be his Chief of Staff. I did not know Mr. Whitaker. Likewise, as Chief, I did not know Mr. Whitaker except primarily as he traveled with A.G. Sessions. No social […]
11/9/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When things were particularly bad between President Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions, the attorney general’s chief of staff, Matt Whitaker, would attend White House meetings in his place. But Sessions did not know that Whitaker at the same time was angling for a promotion.Whitaker, who was installed at […]
11/9/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump defended acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker as a ‘highly respected man’ on Friday [11-9-18], while also claiming he didn’t know him despite reports Whitaker had regularly visited the Oval Office in recent months…The New York Times reported in September that Whitaker, then the chief of staff […]
11/8/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is a growing sense of concern inside the White House over the negative reaction to Matthew Whitaker being tapped as acting attorney general after Jeff Sessions’ abrupt firing. Whitaker, who was Sessions’ chief of staff, has faced criticism since Wednesday afternoon’s announcement for his previous comments on […]
11/8/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s pick for acting attorney general, Matt Whitaker, is a close friend of Trump’s 2016 election campaign co-chair, and a former government ethics chief said the friendship makes Whitaker unable to oversee impartially a politically charged investigation into the campaign. Matthew Whitaker, named on Wednesday [11-7-18] […]
11/8/2018
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Democrats on Thursday [11-8-18] demanded emergency hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate President Donald Trump’s ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calling the move an effort to undermine a federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Trump forced the resignation […]
11/8/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is considering former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to replace fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions, sources familiar with the matter said. Trump fired Sessions on Wednesday without immediately naming a replacement, instead installing Sessions’ chief of staff Matthew Whitaker […]
11/8/2018
GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A fundamental question for President Donald Trump, as he moves forward after the midterms, is this: what role does he want to play? If he seeks to be the great negotiator he has always claimed to be, there could be an opportunity for him to cut the deal on immigration and […]
11/8/2018
DEMS/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions by President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-7-18] drew sharp criticism from Democrats, who warned Trump against moving to squash a probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The probe, led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller under the supervision of […]
11/8/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s pick for acting attorney general, Matt Whitaker, is a close friend of Trump’s 2016 election campaign co-chair, and a former government ethics chief said the friendship makes Whitaker unable to oversee impartially a politically charged investigation into the campaign. Matthew Whitaker, named on Wednesday […]
11/8/2018
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Democrats on Thursday [11-8-17] demanded emergency hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate President Donald Trump’s ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calling the move an effort to undermine a federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Trump forced the resignation of […]
11/8/2018
DEMS/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Three presumptive Democratic committee chairman on Thursday [11-8-18] outlined on a call for Democratic lawmakers the steps they’re planning to take to investigate the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation following the appointment of acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker. On the call […]
11/7/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said President Donald Trump’s firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a ‘break the glass moment.’ Trump fired Sessions on Wednesday [11-7-18] and announced that Matthew Whitaker, who was Sessions’ chief of staff, will take over as acting attorney general…’It’s a kind of slow-motion ‘Saturday Night Massacre,’ […]
11/7/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A day after voters chose divided government by handing the House majority back to Democrats, President Donald Trump made the sort of I-do-what-feels-right-when-it-feels-right move that has become his hallmark over his past three years in political life: He fired Jeff Sessions. And in so doing, Trump appears to have […]
11/7/2018
CABINET/ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions may have been the first Trump Cabinet-level member purged in the wake of the midterm elections — but he is unlikely to be the last. Several Trump Cabinet officials and senior aides are on the ropes and could be pushed out by the end of the […]
11/7/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the United States. He will serve our Country well….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 7, 2018 2:44 pm […]
11/7/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….We thank Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his service, and wish him well! A permanent replacement will be nominated at a later date.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 7, 2018 2:44 pm […]
11/7/2018
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump threatened on Wednesday [11-7-18] to adopt a ‘warlike posture’ against Democrats if they use their newly won control of the House to investigate his financial and political dealings, drawing a line at the start of a new era of divided government. The president began a postelection […]
11/7/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Given President Donald Trump’s prolonged campaign to degrade Attorney General Jeff Sessions as ‘weak,’ ‘beleaguered’ and ‘scared stiff and Missing in Action,’ it seemed inevitable that Trump would fire Sessions shortly after midterms. Few expected, however, that Trump would drop the ax on Sessions before the voting machines even […]
10/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions dodged questions Tuesday [10-16-18] over whether President Donald Trump has pressured him to resign amid Trump’s relentless criticism during his tenure leading the Justice Department. Sessions acknowledged that Trump has been ‘frustrated with him,’ but said he is ‘honored’ to head the Justice […]
10/16/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions acknowledged Tuesday [10-16-18] what every reader of President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed already knows: Trump’s not happy with his top lawman. At a Justice Department news conference to announce a crackdown on a Mexican drug cartel, Sessions was asked about the president’s comment in a […]
10/16/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Conflict between Glen Simpson’s testimony to another House Panel about his contact with Justice Department official Bruce Ohr. Ohr was used by Simpson and Steele as a Back Channel to get (FAKE) Dossier to FBI. Simpson pleading Fifth.’ Catherine Herridge. Where is Jeff Sessions?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 16, 2018 […]
10/9/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Tuesday [10-8-18] sharply criticized a draft plan hammered out between the nation’s third-largest city and the state of Illinois that envisions far-reaching reforms of Chicago’s 12,000-officer force under close federal court supervision. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Department of Justice will file ‘a statement of […]
10/9/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Tuesday [10-9-18] the Justice Department would oppose a proposed consent decree to reform the Chicago police department in response to misconduct allegations after the slaying of a black teenager by a white officer. Sessions said in a statement the Trump administration was concerned […]
10/5/2018
CALIFORNIA/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A U.S. judge on Friday [10-5-18] blocked the Trump Administration from placing conditions on public safety grants to further its crackdown on illegal immigration, and he ordered the grant money to be released to California ‘sanctuary cities.’ However, while Judge William Orrick in San Francisco found that the conditions placed […]
9/20/2018
GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Perhaps the most confounding example of divided loyalties in American politics right now is happening in the power corridors of Republican Alabama. From Montgomery to Mobile, the state’s GOP elite has stuck by President Donald Trump with a tenacity almost unmatched in the country. At the same time, those same die-hards […]
9/19/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump has said he does not ‘have an attorney general’ in his fiercest attack yet on Jeff Sessions. In an interview with Hill.TV, Mr Trump renewed criticism of Mr Sessions’ decision to step aside from the inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election. He also said […]
9/19/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, saying, ‘I don’t have an attorney general.’ Trump, in a Hill.TV interview released on Wednesday [9-18-18], said that he’s ‘so sad over Jeff Sessions,’ whom he has repeatedly denounced for recusing himself from the Russia investigation…The president softened […]
9/19/2018
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump excoriated on Wednesday [9-19-18] his attorney general, the F.B.I., the special counsel and members of the intelligence community — citing conspiracy theories by conservatives even as he declared in a wide-ranging interview that he is ‘not a conspiratorial person.’ Mr. Trump used the Oval Office interview with The […]
9/13/2018
COURTS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LAWSUIT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday [9-13-18] vowed to fight back against federal courts that issue injunctions barring the federal government from implementing regulations nationwide, and accused federal judges of engaging in ‘judicial activism’…Nationwide injunctions have become a favored tool by states and other groups who have staunchly opposed many […]
9/12/2018
ELECTION/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans are in a jam when it comes to Jeff Sessions. While resigned to President Donald Trump firing the attorney general after the midterm elections, they suspect that perhaps only a sitting senator could win confirmation as Sessions’ successor — that is, someone they could trust not to interfere […]
9/11/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A lawyer for Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended on Monday [9-10-18] his client’s congressional testimony about a Trump campaign meeting in March 2016 where an adviser proposed that the candidate meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. The aide, George Papadopoulos, said recently in an interview and court filings that […]
9/10/2018
COURTS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a new group of immigration judges Monday [9-10-18] that it is their job to ‘restore the rule of law’ to the immigration system over the contrary efforts of the lawyers who represent immigrants. The remarks at the training of the largest-ever class of new immigration judges […]
9/10/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions has vigorously pushed President Donald Trump’s agenda at the Justice Department, and before that, spent 20 years championing conservative causes in the Senate. Yet as Sessions enters what may be the final stretch of his tenure, those efforts are at risk of being eclipsed by his […]
9/7/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Trump tries to rebut the portrayal in the latest attention-grabbing book, he has denied not only saying the things attributed to him, but also that he has ever said anything like them. The problem for Mr. Trump is that, in some cases at least, the record shows that he […]
9/7/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump intensified his attack Friday [9-7-18] on an anonymous Op-Ed essay published in The New York Times, declaring that he wanted Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate the source of the article, which he has condemned as an act of treason. Mr. Trump said he was also considering action […]
9/6/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers for the Uzbek man charged in the 2017 truck attack that killed eight people on a Manhattan bike path asked a judge Thursday [9-6-18] to bar the government from seeking the death penalty, saying the decision, which ultimately rests with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, had become too politicized. The lawyers […]
9/4/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump denied late Tuesday [9-4-18] night that he called Jeff Sessions ‘mentally retarded’ and made fun of his Southern heritage, his latest push back to Bob Woodward’s upcoming book on the Trump White House. ‘The already discredited Woodward book, so many lies and phony sources, has me calling Jeff […]
9/4/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTIONS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [9-3-18] launched a fresh attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accusing him of jeopardizing the chances of re-election for two Republican congressmen by bringing criminal charges against them just before the midterm elections. Trump wrote on Twitter the Justice Department’s decision to file charges […]
9/4/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Department of Justice (all times local): 2:35 p.m. President Donald Trump’s attack on his own Justice Department for pursuing cases against two GOP congressmen is drawing fire from his fellow Republicans. Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake says […]
9/4/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump and a new book by journalist Bob Woodward (all times local): 11:10 p.m. President Donald Trump is denying that he called Attorney General Jeff Sessions ‘mentally retarded’ and ‘a dumb southerner.’ Trump is reacting on Twitter to one of the more incendiary claims in […]
9/4/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump encountered bipartisan criticism on Tuesday [9-4-18] for complaining that his own Justice Department’s indictments against two Republican congressmen were endangering the GOP’s midterm election prospects, with one Republican senator saying of Trump’s attack, ‘We can’t normalize that.’ Trump’s tweet was his latest effort to press the government’s […]
9/3/2018
CONGRESS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Monday [9-3-18] blasted his Attorney General Jeff Sessions and lamented the indictments of two lawmakers who were his earliest supporters in Congress during the 2016 election, suggesting they should not have been charged because they are Republicans…A decision by the Justice Department to hold off […]
9/3/2018
DEMS/JAMES COMEY/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The Democrats, none of whom voted for Jeff Sessions, must love him now. Same thing with Lyin’ James Comey. The Dems all hated him, wanted him out, thought he was disgusting – UNTIL I FIRED HIM! Immediately he became a wonderful man, a saint like figure in fact. Really sick!” […]
9/3/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. Good job Jeff……” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, […]
9/3/2018
JAMES COMEY/JEFF SESSIONS/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump couldn’t wait to launch into the fall political season, an intense 10-week conflagration that marks a hugely consequential chapter in his turbulent presidency. He spent Labor Day, when campaign politicking goes into overdrive, unleashing a raging tweet storm blasting his beleaguered Attorney General Jeff Sessions […]
8/30/2018
GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Thursday [8-30-18] his maligned attorney general is safe in his job at least until November. Trump made the comment in an interview with Bloomberg News…Trump has raged against Jeff Sessions since his decision to recuse himself from Russia-related matters last year. Sessions was the […]
8/30/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has repeatedly come under fire from President Donald Trump, will stay in his position until at least the midterm elections in November, the president told Bloomberg News on Thursday [8-30-18]. But Trump declined to comment on whether he would keep Sessions on beyond November…The […]
8/30/2018
ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Thursday [8-30-18] that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was safe in his job at least until the November congressional elections, Bloomberg News reported after interviewing the U.S. leader…Trump has repeatedly attacked Sessions for recusing himself from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. […]
8/30/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I am very excited about the person who will be taking the place of Don McGahn as White House Counsel! I liked Don, but he was NOT responsible for me not firing Bob Mueller or Jeff Sessions. So much Fake Reporting and Fake News!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 30, […]
8/30/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am very excited about the person who will be taking the place of Don McGahn as White House Councel! I liked Don, but he was NOT responsible for me not firing Bob Mueller or Jeff Sessions. So much Fake Reporting and Fake News!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 30, 2018 […]
8/29/2018
GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The willingness of Republican senators to turn on Attorney General Jeff Sessions is the result of a furious lobbying campaign from President Donald Trump, who for the past 10 days has been venting his anger at Sessions to ‘any senator who will listen,’ as one GOP Senate aide put it. The […]
8/28/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions punched back hard at President Donald Trump ‘s latest sneering criticism Thursday [8-23-18] as their long-running rift exploded into a public smackdown. Trump, concerned by the legal downfall of two former advisers, accused Sessions of failing to take control of the Justice Department , […]
8/28/2018
GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans are sending decidedly mixed messages about how they feel about the future of Attorney General Jeff Sessions amid unrelenting criticism from President Donald Trump. Key GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have signaled in recent days they’d be open to replacing Sessions after the midterm elections. Senate Majority […]
8/28/2018
2016 ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The rift between President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions goes ‘deeper’ than than Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from a federal investigation into the 2016 election, Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Tuesday…Graham declined to say what else is at the root of Trump’s frustration with the […]
8/27/2018
FBI/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump assembled a cadre of advisers in the Oval Office in January to discuss the FBI’s crumbling and outdated headquarters. His FBI head, chief of staff and budget director, and the government’s head of property management had just huddled and decided to rebuild — instead of relocating or renovating […]
8/27/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RELIGION/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Jerry Falwell Jr., a top conservative religious leader, said Monday [8-27-18] he urged President Donald Trump to fire Jeff Sessions over his handling of investigations into Russian election meddling, saying the attorney general has lost evangelicals’ support…Falwell said he has urged the president to fire Sessions and told […]
8/26/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: ‘Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.’ Jeff, this is GREAT, what every…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 26, 2018 8:21 am […]
8/25/201
JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@LindseyGrahamSC ‘Every President deserves an Attorney General they have confidence in. I believe every President has a right to their Cabinet, these are not lifetime appointments. You serve at the pleasure of the President.’” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 25, 2018 7:46 pm […]
8/25/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump publicly criticized his own attorney general, Jeff Sessions, again on Saturday [8-25-18], saying this time that Sessions doesn’t understand what’s happening beneath him at the Department of Justice…Trump has frequently criticized Sessions over the attorney general’s decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. The President […]
8/25/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jeff Sessions said he wouldn’t allow politics to influence him only because he doesn’t understand what is happening underneath his command position. Highly conflicted Bob Mueller and his gang of 17 Angry Dems are having a field day as real corruption goes untouched. No Collusion!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/24/2018
DEMS/JEFF SESSIONS/MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is again complaining that social media companies are ‘silencing millions of people.’ Trump tweeted Friday [8-24-18]: ‘Can’t do this even if it means we must continue to hear Fake News like CNN, whose ratings have suffered gravely. People have to figure out what is real, and what […]
8/24/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back at President Donald Trump on Thursday [8-23-18] after Trump gave a scathing assessment of his leadership at the Justice Department. Sessions, a former U.S. senator from Alabama, was one of the first Republican lawmakers to back Trump’s presidential election bid and has […]
8/24/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “George Conway, husband of top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway, ripped his spouse’s boss on Twitter on Friday [8-24-18], saying the country needs a president capable of comprehending the law. George Conway took issue with Trump’s Friday morning tweet berating Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The president had called on Sessions to […]
8/24/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/JEFF SESSIONS/NSA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ex-NSA contractor to spend 63 months in jail over ‘classified’ information. Gee, this is ‘small potatoes’ compared to what Hillary Clinton did! So unfair Jeff, Double Standard.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 24, 2018 6:10 am […]
8/24/2018
CAMPAIGN/DEMS/HILLARY CLINTON/JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….FISA abuse, Christopher Steele & his phony and corrupt Dossier, the Clinton Foundation, illegal surveillance of Trump Campaign, Russian collusion by Dems – and so much more. Open up the papers & documents without redaction? Come on Jeff, you can do it, the country is waiting!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
8/24/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.’ Jeff, this is GREAT, what everyone wants, so look into all of the corruption on the ‘other side’ including deleted Emails, Comey lies & leaks, Mueller conflicts, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Ohr……” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 24, 2018 5:17 am […]
8/23/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MICHAEL COHEN/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump blamed the Justice Department on Thursday [8-23-18] for the investigations surrounding him, criticized the deal struck with his former lawyer Michael D. Cohen and lashed out at Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who countered with a rare public rebuke of the president. Mr. Trump also praised Paul […]
8/23/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department on Thursday [8-23-18] praised President Donald Trump’s decision not to back a prison and sentencing reform bill that was crafted by top Republican leaders and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and senior adviser…Trump met with Kushner, who has made prison reform a priority; Attorney General Jeff Sessions and […]
8/23/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday [8-23-18] took the unusual step of publicly pushing back against Donald Trump after the president freshly ripped into his top law enforcement official for recusing himself from the Russia probe. The rare statement from Sessions also came after two prominent senators expressed […]
8/23/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back at President Donald Trump Thursday [8-23-18] afternoon, after Trump said he ‘never took control’ of the Justice Department. ‘While I am Attorney General, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations. I demand the highest standards, […]
8/23/2018
ELECTIONS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Lindsey Graham, a key Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Thursday [8-23-18] that President Donald Trump could replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions after the midterm elections in November. Graham’s comments make him one of the first Republicans on the Senate committee to signal an openness to Trump ousting Sessions in […]
8/23/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump drew a sharp rebuttal from his attorney general on Thursday 8-23-18] after he gave a scathing assessment of Jeff Sessions as being unable to take control of the Justice Department. Trump intensified his criticism of the Justice Department in a Fox News interview aired on Thursday […]
8/22/2018
CHINA/DRUGS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEXICO/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced another crackdown on Wednesday [8-22-18] on opioids, targeting doctors and drug dealers alike in cases that spanned physicians’ offices in Ohio, drugmakers in China and online black markets…His announcement came a week after President Trump asked Mr. Sessions during a cabinet meeting at the White House […]