Mueller served under both Republican President George W. Bush and Democratic President, Barack Obama.
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“At your request, I am submitting my resignation,” Sessions wrote in the opening of his resignation letter to Trump.
President Donald Trump expressed sympathy for his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, and said he would remain “uninvolved” after he attacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the U.S. Justice Department in an interview broadcast on Thursday.
Trump, who has long complained about the criminal probe into his White House victory, said the idea that his campaign worked with Moscow was a “Total Hoax” in a series of tweets aimed at undermining the integrity of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
President Muhammadu Buhari, to the disappointment of this group, delivered a calm, brilliant performance. He refused to be provoked and did not get angry at the taunting.
“We love this job, we love this department, and I plan to continue to do so as long as that is appropriate,” Sessions said at a news conference announcing a cyber-crime bust.
The expected hours long grilling of Jeff Sessions, a conservative senator from Alabama and long-time Trump loyalist, will include tough questioning by Democrats about Sessions’ racial record and hardline stances on issues such as immigration