1846 photo of The White House WASHINGTON (AP) – Some allies of Jeff Sessions say they want the White House to allow for a graceful exit for an attorney general they believe has carried out the administration’s agenda even while enduring the president’s fury. It seems unlikely that efforts to soften an eventual firing would find sympathy in the White…
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) President Trump is renewing his attacks on Jeff Sessions, saying, “I don’t have an attorney general.” Trump says in a Hill.TV interview released today that he’s “so sad over Jeff Sessions,” whom he has repeatedly denounced for recusing himself from the Russia investigation. The president claims in the interview Sessions did not need to do so. But…
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) says the relationship between President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions is “dysfunctional” and “beyond repair.” Graham told NBC that the Justice Department needs a leader who can work with the president and that Sessions was not the only person for the job. But he said anyone picked to replace Sessions would…
The tweet came this morning: Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump Jeff Sessions said he wouldn’t allow politics to influence him only because he doesn’t understand what is happening underneath his command position. Highly conflicted Bob Mueller and his gang of 17 Angry Dems are having a field day as real corruption goes untouched. No Collusion! 7:36 AM – 25 Aug 2018…
Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and “fixer,” Michael Cohen, has pleaded guilty to charges including campaign finance fraud stemming from hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal. The 51-year-old Cohen said in federal court in New York on Tuesday that he made the payments in coordination with Trump, who wasn’t named, to influence the…
Republican Second District Congressional candidate Bobby Bright has issued a statement on today’s endorsement by President Trump of Republican Congresswoman Martha Roby. Despite Roby saying in 2016 that she would not be voting for Trump because of her disappointment with his personal conduct, the President says he supports her re-election. Bright and Roby’s other Republican challengers had made an issue…
Friday morning, President Trump took to Twitter to endorse U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (R-Alabama) in her re-election bid to represent Alabama’s Second Congressional District in Congress. Roby is seeking her fifth term. This endorsement is significant because Roby, a Republican, said in the 2016 presidential campaign that she wouldn’t vote for Trump and had asked him to step down in…
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshal has joined a coalition of state attorney’s general to support the president’s executive order against sanctuary cities. The following is the press release from the Attorney General’s office: (MONTGOMERY)—Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a coalition of 11 state attorneys general in an amicus brief to support President Donald Trump’s executive order regarding…
President Donald Trump is calling on Republican Roy Moore to concede after he lost the Alabama Senate race. Trump told reporters Friday as he departed the White House: “I think he should. He tried.” Trump endorsed Moore in the contentious race despite the allegations of sexual misconduct that shadowed Moore’s campaign. The White House said Thursday that Trump had called…
President Trump is defending his decision to initially back Sen. Luther Strange against Roy Moore in Alabama’s U.S. Senate election, saying in a predawn tweet that “Roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him.” “I was right!” the president said in a Twitter post, a day after Democrat Doug Jones narrowly defeated Moore, a former state Supreme Court…
