Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned on Wednesday, pushed out by President Donald Trump. Matthew Whitaker, Session’s chief of staff, will become acting attorney general and oversee the Mueller probe into Russian collusion with Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. What we know Sessions gave Trump an undated resignation letter. The letter says the resignation was at Trump’s “request.” Trump announced Sessions’ departure on Twitter and wrote: ”We wish him well.” Whitaker will be acting attorney general until Trump names a permanent replacement. Whitaker has previously criticized the Mueller probe, once musing about whether an attorney general could undermine the investigation by cutting its budget. What did Sessions write in his resignation letter? In his undated letter, Sessions wrote he was “submitting his resignation” at the request of the president. Sessions said he had advanced Trump’s political objectives during his time as attorney general. He listed spearheading a crackdown on irregular migrants, breaking up violent “transnational gangs” and tackling the opioid epidemic among his achievements. “Most importantly, in my time as attorney general, we have restored and upheld the rule of law — a glorious tradition that each of us has a responsibility to safeguard.” Democrats warn Trump Nancy Pelosi, the Democrat expected to lead the party in the House of Representatives, said the resignation was a “blatant attempt”… Read full this story
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