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Jeff Sessions

Official Justice Department portrait of Jeff Sessions in 2017.

Trump's first attorney general, who recused himself from campaign-related investigations and resigned in 2018.

Relationship to Trumpformer Trump attorney general

Timeline

  1. Sessions becomes the first sitting senator to endorse TrumpFormer endorser and former attorney generalattorney general and first Senate endorser · documented · 2 sources
  2. Sessions serves as Trump's first attorney generalFormer attorney generalformer Trump attorney general · documented · 1 source
  3. Sessions recuses from campaign investigationsRecused from 2016-campaign investigations on March 2, 2017Trump attorney general recused from campaign investigations · documented · 1 source
  4. Trump publicly attacks Sessions for recusing from the Russia investigationPressure continued until Sessions' forced resignationattorney general and first Senate endorser · documented · 2 sources
  5. Trump requests Sessions' resignation after months of attacks over recusalOut of officeattorney general and first Senate endorser · documented · 1 source
  6. Trump endorses Sessions' Alabama primary rival and again cites the recusalTrump-backed Tommy Tuberville won the nominationattorney general and first Senate endorser · documented · 1 source
  7. Sessions loses the Alabama Senate runoff to Trump's endorsed challengerLost Republican nomination; remained out of elected officeattorney general and first Senate endorser · documented · 1 source
Roles and relationships

Status

  1. Former appointee opposed by Trump in Alabama primaryrelationship / 2020-03-10–2020-03-101 source · Source
  2. Removed as attorney general at Trump's requestoffice / 2018-11-07–2018-11-071 source · Source
  3. Former attorney general under Donald Trumpoffice / 2017-02-09–2018-11-071 source · Source

Relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to Trumpformer Trump attorney general

    legalpoliticalFull record · 1 source
  2. Donald J. Trump

    Trump attorney general recused from campaign investigations

    legalpoliticalFull record · 1 source
  3. Donald J. Trump

    attorney general and first Senate endorser

    legalpoliticalFull record · 2 sources
  4. Donald J. Trump

    attorney general and first Senate endorser

    legalpoliticalFull record · 1 source
  5. Donald J. Trump

    attorney general and first Senate endorser

    legalpoliticalFull record · 1 source
  6. Donald J. Trump

    attorney general and first Senate endorser

    legalpoliticalFull record · 2 sources
  7. Donald J. Trump

    attorney general and first Senate endorser

    legalpoliticalFull record · 1 source
Source: United States Department of Justice · Rights/use: Public domain, United States federal government work · Modified: cropped and resized