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Trump aides tell him to keep Sessions as U.S. attorney general: sources
Source: Reuters
POLITICS | Wed Jun 7, 2017 | 8:04pm EDT
Trump aides tell him to keep Sessions as U.S. attorney general: sources
By Julia Edwards Ainsley | WASHINGTON
Aides to President Donald Trump are urging him not to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions despite rifts between the two men, sources familiar with internal White House conversations said on Wednesday.
Media reports that Sessions recently offered to resign surfaced earlier this week. They added to pressure on Trump as former FBI Director James Comey, who was abruptly fired from his post last month, prepared to testify in Congress on Thursday about his interactions with the president.
Trump did not accept Sessions' resignation offer and is now being advised to keep his attorney general in place, at least for the time being, two source said.
Political and legal advisers inside the White House have told Trump over the past month that firing Sessions would create another political fire storm and make it more difficult to fill key jobs inside his administration, the sources said on the condition of anonymity.
"That's the advice he's been given. But he might not listen to that advice," one of the sources said.
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Trump aides tell him to keep Sessions as U.S. attorney general: sources
By Julia Edwards Ainsley | WASHINGTON
Aides to President Donald Trump are urging him not to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions despite rifts between the two men, sources familiar with internal White House conversations said on Wednesday.
Media reports that Sessions recently offered to resign surfaced earlier this week. They added to pressure on Trump as former FBI Director James Comey, who was abruptly fired from his post last month, prepared to testify in Congress on Thursday about his interactions with the president.
Trump did not accept Sessions' resignation offer and is now being advised to keep his attorney general in place, at least for the time being, two source said.
Political and legal advisers inside the White House have told Trump over the past month that firing Sessions would create another political fire storm and make it more difficult to fill key jobs inside his administration, the sources said on the condition of anonymity.
"That's the advice he's been given. But he might not listen to that advice," one of the sources said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-sessions-idUSKBN18Z00D
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After all, isn't it time to use your trade-mark phrase again? people love it when you fire folks! Believe me!! 
to Jamaica! He'd love it! 
