Attorney General Jeff Sessions will not recuse himself from the ongoing investigation into President Donald Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, according to a new report.
Sessions, who previously recused himself from the special counsel probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, has no plans to do the same for the criminal investigation of Trump's longtime personal lawyer, whose home, office, and hotel room were raided by the FBI a few weeks back, according to Bloomberg.
With Sessions not recusing himself, it means the once-top Trump campaign adviser could be notified of the status of the Cohen probe and engage in decisions surrounding the case.
The president has lashed out numerous times at the attorney general for his decision to recuse himself in March 2017 from any investigations looking into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign's potential role.
"Sessions should have never recused himself," Trump said last July.
While rumors have swirled and the president has publically lambasted Sessions for the move, the attorney general has lasted longer than many have predicted, given the volatile nature of his relationship with Trump.
As more rumors build about the possibility that Trump may fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who has been heading the Russian investigations following Sessions' recusal, the former Alabama senator has reportedly said that would be a step too far.
https://ijr.com/2018/04/1088172-sessions-wont-recuse-michael-cohen/
Sessions, who previously recused himself from the special counsel probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, has no plans to do the same for the criminal investigation of Trump's longtime personal lawyer, whose home, office, and hotel room were raided by the FBI a few weeks back, according to Bloomberg.
With Sessions not recusing himself, it means the once-top Trump campaign adviser could be notified of the status of the Cohen probe and engage in decisions surrounding the case.
The president has lashed out numerous times at the attorney general for his decision to recuse himself in March 2017 from any investigations looking into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign's potential role.
"Sessions should have never recused himself," Trump said last July.
While rumors have swirled and the president has publically lambasted Sessions for the move, the attorney general has lasted longer than many have predicted, given the volatile nature of his relationship with Trump.
As more rumors build about the possibility that Trump may fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who has been heading the Russian investigations following Sessions' recusal, the former Alabama senator has reportedly said that would be a step too far.
https://ijr.com/2018/04/1088172-sessions-wont-recuse-michael-cohen/
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