FBI/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday [4-26-18] defended his decision not to appoint a second special prosecutor to investigate Republicans’ concerns about the FBI by noting that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe had already taken on ‘a life of its own.’ Speaking to a U.S. House appropriations panel during a routine budget hearing, Sessions told lawmakers that the Justice Department needed to ‘be disciplined and stay within our classical procedure and rules’ before rushing to hire more special counsels. Sessions has often found himself in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s wrath because of his decision to recuse himself from overseeing the probe into whether Trump’s presidential campaign colluded with Russia. Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion with Russia, has called the probe a ‘witch hunt,’ lamented tapping Sessions as attorney general, and mused about whether to fire Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the probe due to Sessions’ recusal.”
–Sarah N. Lynch, “U.S. Attorney General Sessions says Mueller probe has taken on ‘life of its own’,” Reuters, April 26, 2018 11:03 am