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Article snippet: Attorney General Jeff Sessions described himself on Thursday as hurt by President Trump’s public rebukes of his job performance, but said that he intended to carry on in his role and cited his shared commitment with the president to prosecuting violent crime and leaks of sensitive information. In an interview with Fox News, Mr. Sessions expressed sympathy for Mr. Trump’s statements about the government’s Russia investigation. At the same time, however, the attorney general defended his decision to recuse himself from that inquiry. “It’s kind of hurtful,” Mr. Sessions said on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” referring to the barrage of personal criticism directed at him — including being derided as “VERY weak” on Twitter — by the president in recent days. “But the president of the United States is a strong leader.” In a news conference earlier this week, Mr. Trump repeated what he already had told The New York Times: He would not have appointed Mr. Sessions had he known the attorney general would recuse himself from the inquiry into Russia’s interference in last year’s presidential election and possible collusion with Mr. Trump’s campaign. Until Thursday, Mr. Sessions had remained largely silent beyond stating that he would stay in his job “as long as that is appropriate.” But his remarks to Fox News on Thursday went further, acknowledging he had been personally wounded, even as he wanted to forge ahead with the president’s agenda. “I understand his feelings about it, be... Link to the full article to read more