Speaking on Fox News on Thursday morning, President Trump slammed Attorney General Jeff Sessions for failing to control the scope of the Mueller investigation — and for allowing that investigation in the first place. Sessions recused himself from all matters involving investigation into Russian collusion thanks to his involvement in the Trump campaign. “I put an attorney general who never took control of the Justice Department,” Trump stated. “Jeff Sessions never took control of the Justice Department. It’s sort of an incredible thing… It’s a very, very sad day. Jeff Sessions recused himself, which he shouldn’t have done or he should have told me. Even my enemies say that Jeff Sessions should have told you that he was going to recuse himself and then you wouldn’t have put him in.”
A few hours later, Sessions fought back, implicitly slamming Trump. He released the following statement:
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