Trump Asks Why ‘Beleaguered’ Sessions Isn’t Investigating Clinton
Sessions said he would stay on as attorney general “as long as that is appropriate.”
Sessions has made it a priority to address violence, gangs and drugs — carrying out Mr. Trump’s inaugural pledge to end “American carnage.”
But his tense relationship with Mr. Trump has overshadowed his agenda at the Justice Department.
By EILEEN SULLIVANJULY 24, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump turned up the pressure on his own attorney general on Monday, calling him
“beleaguered” in a tweet questioning why the Justice Department is not investigating Hillary Clinton.
Mr. Trump’s comments are remarkable because if the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, is beleaguered of late it is largely because of Mr. Trump himself.
Sessions if he knew he intended to recuse himself from the investigation into Russian meddling and the Trump campaign.
In his tweet, Mr. Trump returned to campaign rhetoric, suggesting his Democratic opponent
should be the subject of an investigation into murky ties to Russia, not him.
In an interview last week with , Mr. Trump said he never would have nominated Mr.
