Tag: Attorneys General

Last month, Trump said he was disappointed in Sessions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

John Kelly assured Jeff Sessions he won’t be fired or forced to resign: Report

Josh Siegel · August 3, 2017 12:08 am

"He understands our position that it absolutely does have an impact, particularly on the folks who we are trying to reach out to and build unified communities," the president of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives said. (John Amis/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Jeff Sessions tells leader of black policing group Trump’s use of force comments ‘done in jest’: Report

Melissa Quinn · August 2, 2017 3:15 pm

Dianne Feinstein: Trump firing Jeff Sessions would be ‘beginning of the end of this short presidency’

Caitlin Yilek · August 1, 2017 6:03 pm

President Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, July 31, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump, Sessions cross paths at White House

Kelly Cohen · July 31, 2017 4:29 pm

"It's a little difficult to me to understand why the president is jumping all over Jeff," said Sen. Orrin Hatch. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Orrin Hatch: Trump’s attacks on Sessions threaten ‘his presidency’

Joel Gehrke · July 29, 2017 10:10 pm

In a pair of tweets Saturday, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said "AG Jeff Sessions has a good ring to it." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lindsey Graham: ‘Bad idea’ to move Jeff Sessions to DHS

Daniel Chaitin · July 29, 2017 6:56 pm

Losing Sessions as the attorney general "would be disastrous for the president's policy agenda," letter says. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

More than 100 conservatives show support for Jeff Sessions

Kelly Cohen · July 28, 2017 4:50 pm

Federal gun prosecutions have increased 23 percent in the three months following a memo by Attorney General Jeff Sessions that directed federal prosecutors to focus on gun crimes, the Department of Justice announced. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Federal gun prosecutions increase since Jeff Sessions directive

Kelly Cohen · July 28, 2017 1:32 pm

Sessions' comments came amid a two-day trip to El Salvador. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Jeff Sessions: Trump’s criticism is ‘kind of hurtful’

Kelly Cohen · July 27, 2017 8:04 pm

Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., suggested Thursday that the media played a role in sparking President Trump's recent attacks against Attorney General Jeff Sessions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Dave Brat: The press contributed to Trump’s attacks on Jeff Sessions

Melissa Quinn · July 27, 2017 5:03 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that President Trump should not fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Paul Ryan: Trump shouldn’t fire Robert Mueller

Susan Ferrechio · July 27, 2017 4:05 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions boards his plane at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, July 27, 2017. With his future as the nation's top prosecutor in doubt after a week of blistering public scorn from the president, Sessions is traveling to El Salvador to seek ways to stamp out the brutal street gang MS-13. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Jeff Sessions travels to El Salvador amid Trump tensions

Kelly Cohen · July 27, 2017 1:35 pm