President Trump said Thursday he has tried to stay out of controversies plaguing the Justice Department, but plans to get involved “if it doesn’t straighten out properly” in the coming months.

His comments came hours after he criticized Attorney General Jeff Sessions for being “weak” and declining to fire career officials at the agency who were involved in starting the Russia probe, which the president has repeatedly characterized as an expensive “witch hunt” aimed at damaging his administration.

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