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. presidential election campaign. After the recusal, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Special Counsel Robert Mueller to lead the probe, which Trump has called a ‘witch hunt.’ Asked in the Bloomberg News interview whether he would comply if Mueller issued a subpoena for him to appear for questioning, Trump said, ‘I’ll see what happens’…The president has repeatedly criticized Sessions over the Russia probe and resumed the attacks via Twitter last week, saying the attorney general had never fully exerted control over the Justice Department. Sessions, in a rare rebuttal, responded that he took control of the department the day he became attorney general and would not allow it to be ‘improperly influenced by political considerations.’”

Reuters Staff, “Trump says Sessions safe in job at least until November elections: Bloomberg,” Reuters, August 30, 2018 1:40 pm