A senior Senate Republican says President Donald Trump’s broadsides against Attorney General Jeff Sessions need to end.
The Latest on President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions (all times local) :
10: 20 a.m.
A senior Senate Republican says President Donald Trump’s broadsides against Attorney General Jeff Sessions need to end.
Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee says, « I wish it would stop. »
Corker, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, spoke Wednesday on Washington Post Live.
Despite Trump’s intense criticism of Sessions, Corker says he doesn’t get the sense that Trump and his White House staff are taking steps to fire him. Corker says he’s not aware of any professional reason for Sessions to step down.
Corker also issued a warning of sorts to the Trump White House, saying he cannot believe the president and his staff would be having serious conversations about removing Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
He says, « That would be a major mistake. A major miscalculation. »
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3: 04 a.m.
President Donald Trump is keeping the pressure on Attorney General Jeff Sessions. He scorned him Tuesday as « very weak » and refused to say whether he’ll fire the nation’s top law enforcement officer and his onetime political ally. It was an extraordinary public rebuke, and even fellow Republicans pushed back forcefully.
All through a day of anything-but-subtle tweets and statements, Trump rued his decision to choose Sessions for his Cabinet and left the former senator’s future prospects dangling.
Trump said: « We will see what happens. Time will tell. Time will tell. »
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