speech, and the first amendment. attorney general jeff sessions gets a much-needed boost from the senate majority leader. two key republicans on the senate judiciary committee have signalled in recent days they would be open to replacing sessions after the midterms. he s lost the president s confidence since recusing himself from the russia probe last year. the majority leader, mitch mcconnell, threw his weight behind sessions tuesday in no uncertain terms. i ve total confidence in the attorney general. i think he ought to stay exactly where he is. last week sessions hosted a break fast at the justice department with a number of former republican colleagues who urged him to stay on the job. cnn reported last week the president has renewed calls to fire sessions and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, but a source tells cnn rudy giuliani talked him off the ledge. the president is said to be worried about the special counsel s reaction if he does remove sessions. the start of
where he is. blunt, quick. last week sessions hosted a break fast at the justice department with a number of former republican senate colleagues who urged him to stay on the job. cnn reported last week the president has renewed calls to fire sessions and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, but a source telling cnn rudy giuliani talked him off the ledge. the president said to be worried about robert mueller s reaction if he does remove sessions. the start of paul manafort s second financial crimes trial has been pushed back a week. the federal judge approving a defense request for a delay to september 24th. jury selection will still take place on september 17th. the judge also warned manafort s lawyers several times at a pretrial hearing yesterday about their behavior in court, indicating she s closely watching the defense team to make sure they don t act out. meantime, the nypd is investigating a robbery at the home of a banker who previously worked with manafort.