Article snippet: Attorney General Jeff Sessions has no plans to resign, despite the latest public criticism from President Donald Trump, according to a source familiar with the situation. At this point, the source told ABC News, Sessions is of the mind that he's going to keep his head down and press on. Sessions has not spoken to the president in days, and there are no plans for him to do so, the source said. Meanwhile, White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said, "There's obviously an issue in the relationship ... We'll get to a resolution shortly ... The president wants his Cabinet secretary to have his back." The latest sign of the rising tension came this morning when Trump tweeted that Sessions was "VERY weak" on "The New York Times last week, Trump said he wouldn't have appointed Sessions attorney general if he had known he would recuse himself. "How do you take a job and then recuse yourself?" Trump told the Times. "If he would have recused himself before the job, I would have said, 'Thanks, Jeff, but I can't, you know, I'm not going to take you.'" Sessions' recusal, Trump said, was "extremely unfair, and that's a mild word, to the president." White House press secretary Sarah Sanders echoed the point on "Fox and Friends" this morning, saying, "I know that [Trump] is certainly frustrated and disappointed in the attorney general for recusing himself. He is continuing to move forward and focus on other things. But that frustration ce... Link to the full article to read more
Jeff Sessions has no plans to resign, hasn't spoken to Trump in days, source says - ABC News
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