After thrashing Sessions last week and going as far as declaring that he wouldn’t have appointed Sessions as the Attorney General if he had known that the Attorney General would recuse himself from the Russia probe - now U.S. President Donald Trump has publicly shamed the Attorney General, again. More importantly, all the criticism has led to serious questions within the West Wing about whether the country’s administration was faced with yet another top official’s exit. Sessions, an Eagle Scout, was missing in action on a West Virginia stage as Trump spoke to a Boy Scout Jamboree on Monday evening didn’t go unnoticed and some of the President’s advisers have revealed that he might be considering a change.
On Monday, Trump attacked his Attorney General publicly days after a controversial shake-up in the communications department. In a morning tweet, Trump labelled Sessions "beleaguered," and aides and advisers said Trump was considering whether to make a change. According to sources quoted in reports, some potential choices like Rudy Giuliani and Chris Christie, who were once keen on the job have now grown concerned about working in this administration. But finding another person for the job wouldn’t be the only problem in replacing Sessions. The Senate would have to confirm any replacement pick.
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According to one of Trump’s advisers, the President would see firing Sessions as a way to have more control over special counsel Bob Mueller, who he has decided he cannot fire — at least for now. The president, who has, for long been frustrated with Sessions for recusing from the investigation into Russia’s activities during the 2016 election, has now began to publicly express his anger - especially because both his son and his son-in-law have come under the radar of investigators. Rumours of top officials resigning comes at a time when the White House is troubled by a raging controversy related to the investigations into the Russian influence in the election and a possible collusion that has distracted the administration from its legislative agenda.
The string of leaks has also paved the way towards the failure of the party in presenting a united front amid the crisis. According to a White House spokeswoman, Sessions was in the West Wing on Monday but didn’t meet Trump. Further, a report in Politico quoted the new communications director, Anthony Scaramucci as saying that the president remained upset. Ironically, Sessions was one of Trump’s first Capitol Hill supporters. However, Scaramucci suggested the two men needed to have a serious conversation. He said, “The president remains disappointed in some of the ways the attorney general has handled certain situations.” Scaramucci added Sessions' fate would be up to the president and Sessions. After last week’s criticism, the Attorney General has said he intends to stay in the job. According to a longtime business associate, Trump rarely fires employees but prefers to make their jobs unpleasant, as he’s done with Sessions.
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