Jeff Sessions has officially resigned at Donald Trump’s request.
We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the United States. He will serve our Country well….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018
….We thank Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his service, and wish him well! A permanent replacement will be nominated at a later date.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018
NBC: Sessions writes in letter to Trump: “At your request I am submitting my resignation”
— Joshua Dov Caplan (@joshdcaplan) November 7, 2018
BREAKING: Sessions resigns pic.twitter.com/0YzFKui8F6
— Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) November 7, 2018
Trump has long attacked Jeff Sessions for his recusal of himself from the Russia probe and his resignation/firing is not a shock to anyone.
