Trump renews attacks on own attorney general
AFP
US President Donald Trump resumed his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions yesterday, calling his onetime ally VERY weak in pursuing intelligence leaks and for failing to go after former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over her email, reports AFP from Washington.
Trumps latest Twitter salvo followed a report in the Washington Post that the president and his advisers have discussed replacing Sessions, one of the Republican billionaires earliest supporters.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails DNC server) Intel leakers! Trump tweeted.
Trump has openly criticized Sessions for recusing himself from overseeing a federal probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia to meddle in the 2016 US presidential elections.
Sessions has said he has no plans to resign.
With pressure mounting from the investigation led by former FBI director Robert Mueller, Trump has sought to revive an election year controversy over Clintons use of a private server to send email while secretary of state.
The White House also alleged last week that the Democrats colluded with Ukraine during the 2016 campaign, adding another twist to the presidents counter-offensive.
Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump campaign - quietly working to boost Clinton. So where is the investigation A.G., Trump said in another early morning tweet Tuesday.
US presidents normally go to great pains to avoid being seen as influencing ongoing or possible investigations, making Trumps attacks on Sessions all the more extraordinary.
On Monday, Trump took to Twitter to declare his top law enforcement official beleaguered as he wondered out loud why Sessions was not investigating Clinton.
So why arent the Committees and investigators, and of course our beleaguered A.G., looking into Crooked Hillarys crimes Russia relations? Trump asked.
Trump has expressed increasing anger with Sessions as his Justice Departments investigations into possible Trump-Russia collusion has quickened.
