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Jeff Sessions

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Relationship to Trumpformer Trump attorney generallegal · political / 1 source

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

Former appointee opposed by Trump in Alabama primaryrelationship / 2020-03-10–2020-03-10Removed as attorney general at Trump's requestoffice / 2018-11-07–2018-11-07Former attorney general under Donald Trumpoffice / 2017-02-09–2018-11-07

Exact relationships

  1. attorney general and first Senate endorserlegalpoliticaldocumented · 5 files · 7 source references
  2. Trump attorney general recused from campaign investigationslegalpoliticaldocumented · 1 file · 1 source reference

Money, power & fallout

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