NBC Trump attacks Sessions over inquiry into alleged FBI surveillance abuses in Russia probe

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Sessions fights back.

So I guess that dinner between Sessions and Rosenstein last night was a f.u. to Trump.

"Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., a Trump supporter, warned the president to back off from his criticism of Sessions."
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In a rare move, Sessions defended himself in a sharply worded statement in which he said he would continue to do his work “with integrity and honor” — as long as he stayed on the job.

“We have initiated the appropriate process that will ensure complaints against this Department will be fully and fairly acted upon if necessary,” Sessions said in a statement. “As long as I am the Attorney General, I will continue to discharge my duties with integrity and honor, and this Department will continue to do its work in a fair and impartial manner according to the law and Constitution.”

Sessions, who has become a frequent target of Trump's ire, had never in the past publicly refuted criticism from the president like he did on Wednesday.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-attacks-sessions-over-russian-probe-n851961

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1. it may be a one-off, but go figure it's sessions who's acting the way the framers intended.

they expected tyrants, but hoped that others around them would defend their respective institutional powers, thus providing checks against abuses of power.

too bad republicans in congress are largely working in concert with donnie.

odd that it's an appointed person, and a slime like sessions no less, who's defending his bureaucratic turf against donnie.

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2. He knows

Red Don wants him out in the worst way.

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3. Imagine being such a sleazy piece of shit....

that you make a complete racist asshole like Sessions seem like a stand up guy.

Тяцмр is lowering the bar so deep that he’s making it possible for whale shit to get over it.

[Botany]

4. Тяцмр

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5. Still don't know why Trump had to diss Sessions in a tweet

Doesn't the President have his own Attorney General's phone number? He's gotta go public on twitter with his hissy fit?

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6. Because Trump thinks that the A.G. is the President's lawyer and not the "top cop" in the country

Trump really has no idea on how the government works.

Trump saw Sessions as "firewall" about his links to Russia and other crimes. Even though
Sessions is a nasty little bigot w/links to Russia he will not fall on his sword for Trump.