‘I plan to continue’: Sessions says he’s NOT resigning after Trump said he would never have hired him if he knew he’d recuse himself from Russia probe
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday during a press conference that he’s not resigning
President Trump told The New York Times he never would have hired Sessions if he knew he would later recuse himself from the Russia investigation
Trump said it was ‘unfair to the president’ that Sessions took the job then stepped away from the probe
He also slammed James Comey, the ousted FBI director, claiming he used the dirty dossier of made-up material about him as leverage to try to keep his job
By DAVID MARTOSKO, US POLITICAL EDITOR
DAILYMAIL.COM
20 July 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday that he’s not planning to step down from his post, less than a day after President Donald Trump told reporters he had second thoughts about hiring him in the first place.
‘I have the honor of serving as Attorney General. It’s something that goes beyond any thought I would have ever had for myself,’ he said, appearing with other law enforcement officials at an event to publicize the results of a major international cybercrime investigation.
‘We love this job. We love this department,’ said Sessions. ‘And I plan to continue to do so as long as that is appropriate.’
Sessions was asked how he could continue to serve in his job without the full confidence of the president.
‘We’re serving him right now,’ he responded, referring to the array of talent standing behind him.
‘The work we’re doing today is the kind of work that we intend to continue. … I’m totally confident that we can continue to run this office in an effective way.’
Sessions reportedly offered to resign his post in early May, but Trump declined.
The president took aim at Sessions during a wide-ranging interview on Wednesday.
Speaking to The New York Times, he admonished Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation, and said he never would have given him the position had he known that would happen ahead of time.
‘Jeff Sessions takes the job, gets into the job, recuses himself, which frankly I think is very unfair to the president,’ Trump said.
‘How do you take a job and then recuse yourself? If he would have recused himself before the job, I would have said, “Thanks, Jeff, but I’m not going to take you.” It’s extremely unfair – and that’s a mild word – to the president.’
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