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Trump humiliated Sessions in Oval Office meeting, said he should resign - The Boston Globe

posted onSeptember 15, 2017
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Article snippet: Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON — Shortly after learning in May that a special counsel had been appointed to investigate links between his campaign associates and Russia, President Donald Trump berated Attorney General Jeff Sessions in an Oval Office meeting and said the attorney general should resign, according to current and former administration officials and others briefed on the matter. The president blamed the appointment of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, on Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from the Justice Department’s Russia investigation — a move Trump believes was the moment his administration effectively lost control over the inquiry. Accusing Sessions of “disloyalty,” Trump unleashed a string of insults on his attorney general. Ashen and emotional, Sessions told the president he would quit and sent a resignation letter to the White House, according to four people who were told details of the meeting. Sessions would later tell associates that the demeaning way the president addressed him was the most humiliating experience in decades of public life. The Oval Office meeting, details of which have not previously been reported, shows the intensity of Trump’s emotions as the Russia investigation gained steam and how he appeared to immediately see Mueller’s appointment as a looming problem for his administration. It also illustrates the... Link to the full article to read more

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