Cenk Uygur
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Why Is Trump Calling Jeff Sessions An Idiot
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September 18, 2017
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7:40Now PlayingTrump humiliated Jeff Sessions infant of White House staffers. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Jimmy Dore the hosts of The Young Turks, tell you why there’s a rift between Trump and his Attorney General. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“President Donald Trump called Attorney General Jeff Sessions an “idiot” for recusing himself from the Russia investigation, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
The president's comment reportedly came after he learned that Robert Mueller had been named special counsel of the probe.
The report centers on an Oval Office meeting where Trump learned that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein—covering for the recused Sessions—had selected Mueller for the probe after Trump had fired former FBI director James Comey.
Trump then lobbed “insults” at Sessions—he called him an "idiot" and stated that the former Alabama senator should resign because the Russia investigation was not going away.
Sessions was reportedly crushed by Trump’s harsh words, and told Trump he would indeed resign his post as the country’s top lawman, four unnamed sources told The Times.
Sessions did, in fact, draft a resignation letter and sent it to the White House before Vice President Mike Pence, former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, and former chief political strategist Steve Bannon convinced the president that Sessions’s exit would draw backlash from Republicans and further shake up an administration that had yet to find its sea legs.”
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Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Jimmy Dore
Cast: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Jimmy Dore
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