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Article snippet: during a rally in support of Indiana Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun that the DOJ and the FBI “have to start doing their job and doing it right and doing it now." "I wanted to stay out, but if it doesn't straighten out ... I will get involved and I'll get in there if I have to," Trump said. The president's comments echoed those he made in May, when he threatened to "get involved" in a rolling dispute between conservative House Republicans and the top DOJ official overseeing the Russia probe. Trump has frequently attacked the DOJ and Attorney General MORE over the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The president’s feud with the DOJ has escalated since last week, when he said during an interview on “Fox & Friends” that Sessions “never took control of the Justice Department.” “The Dems are very strong in the Justice Department," Trump said. "And I put in an attorney general that never took control of the Justice Department, Jeff Sessions. Never took control of the Justice Department. It’s sort of an incredible thing.” Sessions quickly fired back, saying in a statement that the DOJ “will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.” Weeks before that interview, Trump wrote on Twitter that Sessions should stop the special counsel’s investigation “right now.” Trump has repeatedly cast the investigation as a “witch hunt.” Sessions has long drawn the ire of Trump for recusing himself from the Russia ... Link to the full article to read more