Trump publicly lashes out at Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions.
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President Trump criticized Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a tweet Wednesday morning, calling Sessions' handling of alleged surveillance abuses "disgraceful." Trump specifically referred to Sessions' decision Tuesday to tap the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate claims by some lawmakers that officials at the Justice Department and FBI have abused the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in order to improperly surveil members of Trump's campaign staff.

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Kimberly Alters

Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.