Republican lawmakers rally around Sessions as Trump intensifies pressure

Top Republican lawmakers rallied to the defense of Jeff Sessions on Tuesday as allies of the attorney general said President Donald Trump appeared to be trying to pressure him to quit by repeatedly criticizing him on Twitter and in interviews. Trump said again he was frustrated that Sessions had recused himself from the federal investigation into possible collusion between Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia and said he would not have appointed him had he known he would do so.

Trump says hea s a oevery disappointeda in Sessions

Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview Tuesday that he has not made up his mind as to whether to fire his longtime ally. He told the newspaper he is "looking" at the possibility of firing the former Alabama senator and did not suggest that he will curtail his criticism of Sessions.

Trump asks about firing Sessions, calls his position – weak’

President Donald Trump has spoken with advisers about firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions and launched a fresh Twitter tirade Tuesday against the man who was the first U.S. senator to endorse his candidacy. "Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes & Intel leakers!" Trump tweeted.

Trump vents anew on Sessions, who’s under pressure to quit

President Donald Trump turned up the heat on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday, launching a fresh Twitter tirade against him while musing privately about firing the man who was the first U.S. senator to endorse his candidacy. The future of the nation's top law enforcement officer seemed to hang in the balance as pressure on him to resign mounted by the hour, even as the pushback to Trump's extraordinary public rebuke began from fellow Republicans.

AP sources: Trump keeps up heavy criticism of AG Sessions

In this July 21, 2017 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks in Philadelphia. President Donald Trump took a new swipe at on Monday, July 24, 2017, referring to him in a tweet as "beleaguered" and wondering why Sessions isn't digging into Hillary Clinton's alleged contacts with Russia.

In Twitter tirade, Trump blasts – leak’ on Sessions and notes presidential power to pardon

President Trump, in a long tweetstorm on Saturday morning, slammed what he called "a new intelligence leak" against Attorney General Jeff Sessions, an apparent reference to a report that Sessions discussed campaign-related matters with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential race. A new INTELLIGENCE LEAK from the Amazon Washington Post,this time against A.G. Jeff Sessions.These illegal leaks, like Comey's, must stop! The Washington Post reported Friday evening that Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, told Russian officials that during the presidential election he and Sessions talked about the campaign and policy matters when Sessions served as an adviser to Trump's campaign.

.com | Trump intensifies criticism of own attorney general

Donald Trump's war of words against his attorney general and one-time ally Jeff Sessions escalated on Monday, raising speculation the president may be preparing the ground to replace him. Trump and his advisers are in fact talking about the possibility of replacing Sessions, The Washington Post reported on Monday evening, quoting people familiar with these discussions.

Trump ‘reveals covert operation’ in Twitter rant

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Trump labels Attorney General Jeff Sessions ‘beleaguered’

"So why aren't the Committees and investigators, and of course our beleaguered A.G., looking into Crooked Hillarys crimes & Russia relations?" the president tweeted from his personal Twitter account on Monday morning. Over the past week, Trump has been attacking Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his decision months ago to recuse himself from the investigations into possible connections between Trump's campaign and Russia.

Trump’s new message guru wants ‘a more positive mojo’

Incoming White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, right, blowing a kiss after answering questions during the press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 21, 2017. less Incoming White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, right, blowing a kiss after answering questions during the press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington, ... more Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci pledged to begin "an era of a new good feeling" and said he hopes to "create a more positive mojo."

Scaramucci defends deleting old pro-Hillary Clinton,…

In his first days as the newly minted White House communications director, Anthony Scaramucci has spent some time deleting old tweets that don't align with his new boss's views. During an interview on Fox News Sunday , host Chris Wallace said it was an understandable move, and pulled up a 2012 tweet in which Scaramucci advocated for tougher gun control laws.

Top StoryTrump’s new message man deletes inconvenient tweets

A day after accepting a top White House job, President Donald Trump's new communications adviser announced Saturday that he's deleting old tweets, saying his own views have evolved and that what he said in the past shouldn't be a distraction. Trump announced Friday that he'd hired Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci to help the White House sharpen its public message .

Trump slams Washington Post, others in Twitter rant

Washington, July 23 US President Donald Trump fired off a series of tweets, including ones slamming two Washington Post stories earlier this week. Trump on Saturday blasted one Post story on Friday evening that cited unnamed current and former US officials as saying Russia's ambassador to Washington Sergey Kislyak told his superiors that he discussed campaign-related matters with then-Senator Jeff Sessions, a key Trump ally who is now the US Attorney General.

Hea s Trumpa s new communications director. But his past tweets show contrary views.

Incoming White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, right, blowing a kiss after answering questions during the press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 21, 2017. Incoming White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, right, blowing a kiss after answering questions during the press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 21, 2017.