Jeff Sessions hits back at Trump criticism

US attorney general defends his position in the wake of ongoing Trump attacks

Jeff Sessions has hit back at criticism from Donald Trump over Russia probe
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US attorney general Jeff Sessions has issued a striking rebuke to Donald Trump, after the US president attacked the justice department during a Fox News interview yesterday.

The Guardian reports that Trump “reprised a litany of complaints about the justice department and the FBI, attacking both without providing evidence they had treated him and his supporters unfairly”, in the wake of Michael Cohen’s guilty plea and Paul Manafort’s conviction earlier this week.

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