President @realDonaldTrump: "I put an attorney general that never took control of @TheJusticeDept, Jeff Sessions. Never took control of the Justice Department." pic.twitter.com/cCwcJYqJBy
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 23, 2018
At this point, Sessions is no stranger to condemnation from Trump. In May, the president lamented the attorney general’s decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. He even expressed regret over hiring Sessions in the first place. Speculations about whether the president would eventually fire the attorney general date back to 2017.
Trump is not the only critic of his attorney general. Sessions has faced bipartisan condemnation. Democratic Sen. Maxine Waters connected him to the Jim Crow era; Republicans and right-wing leaders conversely have opined that the attorney general has failed to properly do his job. Therefore, various Americans have called for Sessions to resign from his position.
Despite the many critics, the attorney general is defending himself against backlash. Earlier today, Sessions issued the following statement in response to the president’s condemnation of his service:
