the president might have some support from the move from his on again off again golfing buddy, lindsey graham, who said last year there would be holy hell to pay if trump were to do just that. now, however, take a listen. clearly, attorney general sessions doesn t have the confidence of the president. and the country and after the election, i think there will be some serious discussions about a new attorney general. here to discuss this this and more is jim hims. congressman, the president seems to have some buyer s remorse when it comes to attorney general yjeff sessions. if you were sessions, what would you do? would you sort of keep your head down and just do the job? would you resign? try to reason? seems like he s in a tough spot. he is. you know, knowing that he doesn t have his boss s confidence, i think what he s
successful general election strategy for most republican members running for the house in 2018. simple as that. let s talk about a focus for the president. really badgering, harassing if you will his attorney general via twitter and other means, and there s been criticism coming from other elected members in office. then you have senator lindsey graham who last year said there would be holy hell to pay if the president were to fire jeff sessions. now he is changing his tune on that. clearly attorney general sessions doesn t have the confidence of the president, that s an important office in the country. after the election i think there will be some serious discussions about a new attorney general. what s your interpretation. is there an about face when it pertains to lindsey graham or
out of the mueller investigation when it is finally completed. but it is unprecedented to say the least for the chief executive to do this sort of engage in this sort of criticism of his top doj and fbi leaders. it makes no sense. at the same time, we ve seen some sort of evolution of some consensus, namely senator graham who last year said if sessions were removed, there would be holy hell to pay, i m quoting him, but now he s saying something very different. listen. clearly attorney general sessions doesn t have the confidence of the president. that s an important office in the country. and they re i think there will be some serious discussions with a new attorney general. what s different? well, look, obviously senator graham is right, the president can and should have an attorney general he can rely upon and trust.
flashback friday, if you will to july 20th, 2017. here is senator lindsey graham, a member of the judiciary committee at that time. this effort to basically marginalize and humiliate the attorney general is not going over well in the senate. if jeff sessions is fired, there will be holy hell to pay. there will be holy hell to pay. that was lindsey graham then. here s lindsey graham yesterday. clearly attorney general sessions doesn t have the confidence of the president. after the election, i think there will be some serious discussions about a new attorney general. ooh, snap. graham is not the only republican coming out this week to voice doubts about jeff sessions. senator bob corker said last night, quote, moves are being made to oust sessions after the midterm elections, while senator richard shelby who was once sessions co-senator from
clearly attorney general sessions doesn t have the confidence of the president. after the election, i think there will be some serious discussions about a new attorney general. ooh, snap. graham is not the only republican coming out to voice doubts about jeff sessions. senator bob corker said last night, moves are being made to oust sessions after the midterm elections while senator richard shelby who was once sessions co-senator from alabama admitted a lot of those jobs are tenuous when you re in the cabinet. if you re jeff sessions and you suddenly see your former colleagues and protecters in the senate saying your days are numbered, it starts to seem like a very good signal. not a good signal, but a clear signal. for the rest of us, we still have the questions of how we got to this point in an american presidency and what comes next. hold that thought. hi there. this is a commercial about insurance.