WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump blasted attorney general Jeff Sessions via Twitter Wednesday, labelling the country?s top law enforcement official ?disgraceful? over his handling of White House allegations of illegal wiretapping.
It was the second critical tweet in a week against Sessions, who reportedly submitted his resignation at least once last year after Trump insulted him. Trump on Wednesday questioned Sessions? commitment to Republican demands that he investigate the use of so-called FISA national security warrants in 2016, when Barack Obama was president, to wiretap members of Trump?s election campaign team over their contacts with Russia.On Tuesday, Sessions said he had ordered the inspector general of the Department of Justice to look into whether highly secretive FISA warrant process was abused. ?Why is A.G. Jeff Sessions asking the Inspector general to investigate potentially massive FISA abuse,? Trump asked in a tweet. ?Will take forever, has no prosecutorial power and already late with reports on Comey etc. Isn?t the I.G. an Obama guy? Why not use Justice Department lawyers? DISGRACEFUL!? Trump said.
03-01-2018, 07:58 AM
Trump mounts new attack on attorney general
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