Republican lawmakers rally around Sessions as Trump intensifies pressure

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Top Republican lawmakers rallied to the defense of Jeff Sessions on Tuesday as allies of the attorney general said President Donald Trump appeared to be trying to pressure him to quit by repeatedly criticizing him on Twitter and in interviews.

Trump said again he was frustrated that Sessions had recused himself from the federal investigation into possible collusion between Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia and said he would not have appointed him had he known he would do so. He stopped short of saying whether he would fire him.

Two allies of Sessions told Reuters that Trump's public attacks went beyond a president simply venting his frustration but were part of a deliberate campaign to encourage the attorney general to step down.

They said Trump was likely reluctant to fire Sessions after his sacking of FBI Director James Comey backfired and led to the appointment of an independent special counsel, Robert Mueller, whose wide-ranging probe into contacts between Trump aides and Russian officials has cast a deep shadow over Trump's presidency.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-lawmakers-rally-around-sessions-as-trump-intensifies-pressure/ar-AAoPt6q?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp

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1. "Top Republicans"?

Four paragraphs down into the story and I don't see the names of any Republicans, top, or otherwise.

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2. Did you bother to click on the link?

DU has a limit as to how much of a story one can copy/paste. It's to avoid copyright infringement.

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3. Journalism 101. Put out the main details in the lead paragraph.

At least get the in on the second paragraph. That's the writer's fault, not yours.

I've had so much trouble getting back to DU after clicking on links that I hesitate to leave this site unless it's a worthwhile payoff.