these things we see in the news really affect day to day work of people doing the kind of work that you did on behalf of the country. the washington post is breaking yet another story. the president has privately revived the idea of firing attorney general jeff sessions this month. at least twice in the past month, he s vented to white house advisers and his lawyers about the endless investigation of his campaign. he said he needs to fire the attorney general for saddling his presidency with the controversy. we all watched that and we know it is unusual as citizens. within the justice department, how does this unusual pressure from the president feel? how does it affect the work of the department? you have tens of thousands of professionals, men and women working every day on behalf of the country doing their best to conduct fair minded impartial law enforcement investigations in my case the national security realm. they re putting their nose to the grindstone in doing what they ca
the washington post, quote, president trump has privately revived the idea of firing attorney general jeff sessions. however, quote, his attorneys concluded that they have persuaded him, for now, not to make such a move while the special counsel investigation is ongoing. as the president has made clear through his recent tweets he believes sessions should have protected him from the russian investigation and now two sources have confirmed to the post that the president wants to fire sessions because of the russia investigation. quote, at least twice this month, trump vented to white house advisers and his lawyers about the endless investigation of his campaign and says he needs to fire satisfaction segss for s sessions for saddling him with the controversy. former federal prosecutor and
to perhaps be a witness or perhaps ask whether he s conflicted out. that s the position it puts rosenstein, that he s the guy overseeing the mueller investigation. that was always his concern. he didn t not understand or interpret or mean his memo referencing loretta lynch s role by having that press conference was going to then put him into the water. it did just that. i think that was an unintentionally consequence but one he should have anticipated. rudy giuliani would not rule out the president firing attorney general jeff sessions. listen to this. he s not going to fire him before this is over. more than i think he should. before the special counsel s investigation he s not going to fire him? there s got to be a resolution. remember the special counsel writes a report. once the report is out, i d have to read it. he takes whatever actions he
all accounts did not even mean to have the role he had in this overall investigation or the role he had in james comey s firing. because it puts him in a position at this point in time to perhaps be a witness or perhaps ask whether he s conflicted out. that s the position it puts rosenstein, that he s the guy overseeing the mueller investigation. that was always his concern. he didn t not understand or interpret or mean his memo referencing loretta lynch s role by having that press conference was going to then put him into the water. it did just that. i think that was an unintentionally consequence but one he should have anticipated. rudy giuliani would not rule out the president firing attorney general jeff sessions. listen to this. he s not going to fire him before this is over. more than i think he should.
robert mueller. many in trump s legal team believed rosenstein crossed a line when he approved the raids on mr. trump s personal attorney michael cohen. they believe he has conflicted interest because he is a potential witness in mueller s probe for writing the memo that justified the firing of james comey. the white house dodging questions about rosenstein s future. certainly the president has voiced his frustrations. beyond that, i don t have anything else. reporter: another option the president is weighing, firing attorney general jeff sessions. mr. attorney general, have you spoken with the president today? reporter: not today. roll tide. reporter: the cnn and aides have discussed firing mueller for months. do you think that s within his power? he certainly believes he has the power to do so. reporter: and a second attempt by the president to fire