Sen. Chuck Grassley said Thursday he was “irritated” that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had criticized his sentencing reform bill, especially after Grassley defended Sessions in public and said President Trump shouldn’t fire him.
“I’m really irritated that he would send that letter considering the fact that it was very controversial before this committee to be attorney general,” Grassley said at a hearing at the Senate Judiciary Committee, which Grassley chairs. “Considering that most assistant attorney generals had been sent up here have been very controversial and difficult to get through this committee. Considering the fact that the president was going to fire him last spring, and I went to his defense. I don’t think that’s something that somebody should do for friends.”
