Lindsey Graham: Trump should replace AG Jeff Sessions because their relationship is 'beyond repair' [View all]
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Source: CNBC
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's relationship with Jeff Sessions was "beyond repair," and he called on the president to replace the attorney general.
"We need an attorney general that can work with the president, that can lead the Department of Justice," Graham said Tuesday on NBC's "TODAY."
The South Carolina Republican's comments are a significant departure from last summer, when he threatened "holy hell" if Trump fired Sessions and said the firing could amount to the end of his presidency. Last week, however, Graham said that the time to fire Sessions could come "sooner rather than later."
The Justice Department declined to comment.
The rift between Trump and Sessions, which has endured for months, escalated in recent days. On Thursday, the president blasted the former Alabama senator during an interview on Fox News, criticizing Sessions for recusing himself from the Justice Department's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and asking 'What kind of a man is this?'
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