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Jeff Sessions never deserved to be treated this way

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Jeff Sessions never deserved to be treated this way

When Jeff Sessions resigned Wednesday afternoon, he was forced out. But the fact is, he has probably wanted to leave since May 2017.

That’s when he wrote his first resignation letter to President Trump, which Trump did not accept. It came after a humiliating meeting in which Trump berated and insulted him to his face for following the ethical code of the Justice Department instead of Trump’s express wishes.

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