Sessions Is Forced Out After Months of Trump Abuse Over Mueller
- Whitaker, a Mueller critic, is placed in charge of probe
- Pelosi, Schumer demand Whitaker recusal from investigation
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned at the request of President Donald Trump, according to a delivered to the White House, after becoming a target of the president’s open contempt for ceding control of the Russia investigation.
Trump installed Matt Whitaker, chief of staff at the Justice Department, as acting attorney general and put him in charge of the Russia probe led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to a U.S. official. Whitaker, who has been a critic of the Russia probe, now has the power to fire Mueller or curb his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.