Sze a sha as trump struggles to keep grip on the russia investigation. Michael schmidt of the times writing, he gave firm instructions in march to the white houses top lawyer. Stop the attorney general Jeff Sessions from recusing himself and the Justice Departments investigation into whether mr. Trumps associates had helped a Russian Campaign to disrupt the 2016 election. The times citing two sources saying mcgahn tried and he failed. The report goes on. Mr. Mcgahn was unsuccessful and the president erupted in anger in front of numerous white house officials, saying he needed his attorney general to protect him. Mr. Trump said he expected his top Law Enforcement official to safeguard him in the way he believed robert f. Kennedy, as attorney general, had done for his brother john f. Kennedy. And eric h. Holder, jr. , had done for barack obama. You might remember last week President Trump sat down for an impromptu 30minute interview with that same New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt