President Trump on Wednesday suggested that changes to his Cabinet are coming, but declined say whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions is on the way out now that the midterm elections are over.
”I’d rather answer that at a little bit [of a] different time,” Trump said at a White House press conference when asked about the future of Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
Trump said he is “looking at different people for different positions,” which he said is “very common after the midterms.”
Trump has long been frustrated with Sessions over his recusal from the Russia investigation. In September, Trump said: “I don’t have an attorney general.”
Sessions’ recusal paved the way for Rosenstein to appoint special counsel Robert Mueller. When asked if he would shut down Mueller’s wide-ranging investigation, which has been ongoing since May 2017, Trump said he would not — despite calling the probe “very bad for our country.”
“I could have ended it any time I wanted. I didn’t,” said Trump.
He later added: “I could fire everybody right now. But I do not want to stop it, because politically I do not like to stop it. It is a disgrace. It should have never been started, because there was no crime. Everybody has conflicts.”
