Article snippet: Republican Sen. president criticized Attorney General Jeff Sessions for pursuing criminal charges against two GOP congressmen. Trump argued that Sessions should have taken into account the political ramifications of pursuing the cases against GOP Reps. MORE (Calif.), who were both early backers of Trump. “The United States is not some banana republic with a two-tiered system of justice – one for the majority party and one for the minority party," Sasse responded in a statement. "These two men have been charged with crimes because of evidence, not because of who the President was when the investigations began," he continued. "Instead of commenting on ongoing investigations and prosecutions, the job of the President of the United States is to defend the Constitution and protect the impartial administration of justice." Trump earlier Monday took to Twitter to attack Sessions over charges brought against Collins and Hunter last month. The president suggested that Sessions had damaged the GOP's chances of retaining the seats in the November elections. "Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the “would be a very, very, very bad idea.” The Justice Department charged Collins in August with securities fraud and lying to the FBI about his efforts to give family members nonpublic stock information to help avoid thousands of dollars in investment losses. ... Link to the full article to read more