Trump says he will overrule Jeff Sessions on prison reform

Published October 11, 2018 1:29pm ET



President Trump said Thursday that he supports prison reform and that Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ opposition doesn’t represent his administration’s position.

“If he doesn’t [support reform], then he gets overruled by me. Because I make the decision, he doesn’t,” Trump said during a phone interview broadcast on “Fox and Friends.”

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