Sessions quickly went from one of the president’s champions to one of his greatest foes after recusing himself from the Russia investigation
President Donald Trump on Thursday said that his “life would’ve been a lot easier” had he chosen William Barr over Jeff Sessions as his attorney general from the start, but that the move could have threatened his popularity among supporters.
Trump’s and Sessions’ relationship never recovered, and the president openly attacked Sessions on social media and in public before firing him a day after the November 2018 midterm elections. “Let’s assume none of this stuff happened, that we had a nice, boring presidency, right?” Trump said. “I don’t think I’d have nearly the energy in the Republican Party that we have right now.”
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