TRUMP VS. SESSIONS: Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back Thursday at President Trump for saying he “never took control of the Justice Department,” putting out a sharp statement vowing the agency won’t be “improperly influenced” by politics ... Trump had made the comments in a wide-ranging interview with “FOX & Friends.” The president, on the heels of the conviction of former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, continued to fume over Sessions' recusal from the Russia investigation. Sessions countered in a written statement, saying, in part: “While I am Attorney General, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.”
The president for months has railed against Sessions over his recusal, but the attorney general has hung on, occasionally pushing back publicly. The president discussed Sessions when asked in the Fox News interview if he would fire his AG and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein after the midterms. He didn’t rule it out, but said he wanted to stay “uninvolved.”
The latest public spat between Trump and Sessions came as New York's attorney general is reportedly looking to open a criminal investigation into whether Michael Cohen violated state tax law. The Associated Press reported that New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood recently requested a criminal referral from the state tax department to investigate and potentially file charges against Cohen, the former personal attorney for Trump.
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