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 attorney general, saying only that ‘we won’t say on this show, but it’s a pretty deep breach.’ Last week, Trump did not rule out the possibility of firing Sessions during an interview with Fox News’ ‘Fox & Friends. Trump has long complained about Sessions, criticizing him regularly for his decision to recuse himself from any Justice Department investigation related to the 2016 election, a move that has sidelined him from overseeing the Russia probe led by special counsel Robert Mueller. Trump has called that investigation a ‘witch hunt.’ In his ‘Fox & Friends’ interview last week, Trump said Sessions should have told him he would recuse himself from 2016-related investigations and that the attorney general had failed to take control of the Justice Department.”
–Stephanie Murray, “Graham: Split between Trump and Sessions goes beyond Russia recusal,” Politico, August 28, 2018 8:15 am