Special counsel Robert Mueller is now investigating whether President Trump attempted to oust Attorney General Jeff Sessions from his role last summer, according to a new report.
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The Washington Post reports Mueller’s team is now focusing on Trump’s private remarks and state of mind last summer, when Trump was publicly slamming Sessions as “beleaguered” for not “looking into Crooked Hillary’s crimes.”
In an interview last July, Trump blasted Sessions for his decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, saying it was „unfair“ to him and that he would’ve likely picked another person to lead the Justice Department if he had known Sessions would recuse himself.
At the time, it was reported Trump was floating the possibility of replacing Sessions with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R).
The Post reports that Trump was considering firing Sessions at the time, but was talked out of it by conservative lawmakers.
A person familiar with the Mueller investigation told the Post that those discussions are of interest to Mueller, and that his team have begun questioning witnesses about those events.
