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 as the White House grappled to respond to Tuesday’s conviction of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on multiple fraud counts and guilty plea by Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, that implicated the president. The Republican president reprised a litany of complaints about the Justice Department and the FBI, attacking both without providing evidence they had treated him and his supporters unfairly. Trump also renewed his criticism of Sessions, blaming him for what he called corruption at the Justice Department.”
–Doina Chiacu, Steve Holland, “Sessions hits back at Trump over Justice Department criticism,” Reuters, August 23, 2018 5:17 am