Thread: Jeff Sessions suggested he could resign amid rising tension with President Trump

Exclusive: Jeff Sessions suggested he could resign amid rising tension with President Trump

• By JONATHAN KARL

Jun 6, 2017, 6:25 PM ET

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WATCH Spicer won't say if Trump has confidence in Sessions
As the White House braces for former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony Thursday, sources tell ABC News the relationship between President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions has become so tense that Sessions at one point recently even suggested he could resign.

The friction between the two men stems from the attorney general's abrupt decision in March to recuse himself from anything related to the Russia investigation -- a decision the president only learned about minutes before Sessions announced it publicly. Multiple sources say the recusal is one of the top disappointments of his presidency so far and one the president has remained fixated on.

Trump’s anger over the recusal has not diminished with time. Two sources close to the president say he has lashed out repeatedly at the attorney general in private meetings, blaming the recusal for the expansion of the Russia investigation, now overseen by Special Counsel and former FBI Director Robert Mueller.

But sources say the frustration runs both ways, prompting the resignation offer from Sessions.

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Asked by ABC News if the attorney general had threatened or offered to resign, Justice Department spokesperson Sarah Isgur Flores declined to comment.

Meanwhile, White House press secretary Sean Spicer was asked today if the president still has confidence in his attorney general. He could not say.

“I have not had that discussion with him,” Spicer said.

“So you can’t say if he has confidence in his attorney general?” Spicer was asked.

Spicer responded: “I said I have not had a discussion with him on the question. I don’t, If I haven't had a discussion about a subject, I tend not to speak about it.”

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I'm betting Jeff Sessions has more integrity than any of your other hires, Mr. President. Leave the man alone and let him do his job. How about returning a little bit of the loyalty and trust he showed you while working his butt off to help you get elected!

The whole Russian thing is a side show from top to bottom and it doesn't speak well of Trump for taking it so seriously that he takes the issue to his attorney general who should be way, way too busy to worry about the Russian fear mongering.

If Sessions threatened to fire Trump, that would be encouraging. For somebody who seems to be so in touch with the lying, posturing media, Trump is falling down over this Russian thing.

, sources tell ABC News

This is the wellspring of truly Fake News right here folks! We have seen so many articles that violate any and all ethics of journalism by printing this trash with ZERO IDENTIFIED SOURCES over and over again and each time they end up being bullcrap!

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This is from ABC news. Nuff said!

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Napolitano: Jeff Sessions recusing himself was a mistake



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Judge Nap: Sessions Did The 'Absolute Right Thing' By Recusing Himself


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Jeff Sessions needs to tell Trump and John Kelly to end DACA Amnesty immediately because they are breaking the law.

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Originally Posted by ALIPAC

Jeff Sessions needs to tell Trump and John Kelly to end DACA Amnesty immediately because they are breaking the law.

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Honestly, I would think AG Sessions had already advised Trump on DACA. If so, Trump may have chose to ignore him. Sessions does not support DACA and has from day one called it unconstitutional.