President Trump Fires
US Attorney General
Jeff Sessions Matthew Whitaker will take over
as acting attorney general
in the meantime. He will take charge of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation from Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein. The 71-year-old Sessions departs after Trump repeatedly criticized his decision to recuse himself from the investigation last year. His departure had been expected for weeks with some GOP members saying it would happen after
the 2018 midterms. President Donald Trump, via statement The former senator from Alabama was among the first politicians in D.C. to endorse Trump's run for president.
