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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Humiliated Jeff Sessions After Mueller Appointment
WASHINGTON Shortly after learning in May that a special counsel had been appointed to investigate links between his campaign associates and Russia, President Trump berated Attorney General Jeff Sessions in an Oval Office meeting and said the attorney general should resign, according to current and former administration officials and others briefed on the matter.
The president blamed the appointment of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, on Mr. Sessionss decision to recuse himself from the Justice Departments Russia investigation a move Mr. Trump believes was the moment his administration effectively lost control over the inquiry. Accusing Mr. Sessions of disloyalty, Mr. Trump unleashed a string of insults on his attorney general.
Ashen and emotional, Mr. Sessions told the president he would quit and sent a resignation letter to the White House, according to four people who were told details of the meeting. Mr. Sessions would later tell associates that the demeaning way the president addressed him was the most humiliating experience in decades of public life.
The Oval Office meeting, details of which have not previously been reported, shows the intensity of Mr. Trumps emotions as the Russia investigation gained steam and how he appeared to immediately see Mr. Muellers appointment as a looming problem for his administration. It also illustrates the depth of antipathy Mr. Trump has had for Mr. Sessions one of his earliest campaign supporters and how the president interprets disloyalty within his circle of advisers.
The president blamed the appointment of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, on Mr. Sessionss decision to recuse himself from the Justice Departments Russia investigation a move Mr. Trump believes was the moment his administration effectively lost control over the inquiry. Accusing Mr. Sessions of disloyalty, Mr. Trump unleashed a string of insults on his attorney general.
Ashen and emotional, Mr. Sessions told the president he would quit and sent a resignation letter to the White House, according to four people who were told details of the meeting. Mr. Sessions would later tell associates that the demeaning way the president addressed him was the most humiliating experience in decades of public life.
The Oval Office meeting, details of which have not previously been reported, shows the intensity of Mr. Trumps emotions as the Russia investigation gained steam and how he appeared to immediately see Mr. Muellers appointment as a looming problem for his administration. It also illustrates the depth of antipathy Mr. Trump has had for Mr. Sessions one of his earliest campaign supporters and how the president interprets disloyalty within his circle of advisers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/us/politics/jeff-sessions-trump.html?mcubz=0
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Trump Humiliated Jeff Sessions After Mueller Appointment (Original Post)
spanone
Sep 2017
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dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)1. and yet....the lil toady is still at work...
Guess that answers any question of Sessions' self respect.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)2. Sessions still has a CYOAss problem. He can't quit being the top cop because he's a crook too.
Sessions needs to stay on as AG to protect himself from prosecution.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)3. The kicker....he is not very good at his job.
and very deluded, for not seeing it.
Muller is gonna educate him.
spanone
(135,831 posts)4. it's truly hard to believe.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)5. I find it impossible to feel sorry for anyone who works for Trump.
How could they not know what to expect?
eleny
(46,166 posts)6. It's uncomfortable to witness all this airing of dirty laundry
Even though I feel he deserves to have the rug of self respect pulled out from under him.
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)7. And he's humiliating him again today
This story came from somewhere. My guess is that this story came from Trump.