June 6, 2017 -- Sources say Sessions recently offered to resign
ABC News learns that Sessions had recently offered to resign as Trump continued to express frustration with the attorney general's decision to recuse himself from the election-tampering investigation.
During the day's White House press briefing, press secretary Sean Spicer, in response to questioning on whether Trump had confidence in Sessions, said, \"I have not had that discussion with [President Trump].\"
June 13, 2017 -- Sessions testifies in front of Senate committee
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PHOTO: Attorney General Jeff Sessions takes his seat before the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Senate office Building in Washington, D.C., June 13, 2017.
Sessions testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and issued a sweeping denial of any personal involvement in Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.
\"I have never met with, or had any conversation with, any Russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election in the United States,\" Sessions told the Senate Intelligence Committee. \"Further, I have no knowledge of any such conversations by anyone connected to the Trump campaign.”
Trump, apparently, was pleased with his performance. Principal deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that the president \"wasn’t able to watch much of [Sessions' testimony] ... but what he did see, what he heard, he thought that Attorney General Sessions did a very good job, and in particular, was very strong on the point that there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.”
July 19, 2017 -- Trump slams Sessions in interview
Trump had a sit-down interview with The New York Times, during which he launched into a blistering rebuke of Sessions and his decision to recuse himself from anything relating to any presidential campaigns, including, most notably, the 2016 campaign.
\"Sessions should have never recused himself, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job, and I would have picked somebody else,\" Trump said in the interview.
When asked whether Sessions gave the president a \"heads up\" before the recusal, Trump said: \"Zero.\"
\"So Jeff Sessions takes the job, gets into the job, recuses himself. I then have — which, frankly, I think is very unfair to the president. How do you take a job and then recuse yourself? If he would have recused himself before the job, I would have said, “Thanks, Jeff, but I can’t, you know, I’m not going to take you.” It’s extremely unfair, and that’s a mild word, to the president. So he recuses himself. I then end up with a second man, who’s a deputy,\" Trump said, referring to Rod Rosenstein.
July 20, 2017 -- Sessions responds, says he's staying
Asked today for his reaction to Trump's comments, Sessions maintained that he will remain at his position \"as long as that is appropriate.\"
\"We in this Department of Justice will continue every single day to work hard to serve the national interest, and we wholeheartedly join in the priorities of President Trump,\" he said at a news conference today.
\"I have the honor of serving as Attorney General, it's something that goes beyond any thought I would have ever had for myself,” he added. “We love this job, we love this department, and I plan to continue to do so as long as that is appropriate.”
July 24, 2017 -- Trump calls Sessions \"beleaguered\"
Trump posted a tweet that included an apparent slight against Sessions, writing: \"So why aren't the Committees and investigators, and of course our beleaguered A.G., looking into Crooked Hillarys crimes & Russia relations?\"
Sessions did not immediately respond to the tweet.
July 25, 2017 -- Trump slams Sessions again on Twitter
For the second day in a row, the president aired his frustration with his attorney general and took aim again at his Democratic rival.
\"Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails & DNC server) & Intel leakers!\" Trump wrote in a tweet.
Sessions did not immediately respond to the tweet.
Later that day, during a joint news conference with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Trump said that he is \"disappointed\" with Sessions.
Trump said that he wants Sessions \"to be much tougher on the leaks from intelligence agencies, which are leaking like rarely have they ever leaked before at a very important level.\"
\"We will see what happens. Time will tell. Time will tell,\" he added.
July 26, 2017 -- A meeting at the White House, but without Trump
Sessions went to a meeting at the White House that the president did not attend. In a morning tweet Trump slammed his attorney general for not replacing the acting FBI director.
\"Why didn't A.G. Sessions replace Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a Comey friend who was in charge of Clinton investigation but got big dollars ($700,000) for his wife's political run from Hillary Clinton and her representatives. Drain the Swamp!\" Trump wrote in two tweets.
That meeting came shortly after a U.S. official told ABC News that Sessions' chief of staff, Jody Hunt, recently informed White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus that Sessions has no plans to resign from his post, despite growing pressure from Trump.
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PHOTO: President Donald Trump appears with Attorney General Jeff Sessions during the FBI National Academy graduation ceremony in Quantico, Va., Dec. 15, 2017.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders later told reporters that Trump has \"been very clear\" about his feelings on Sessions.
\"He's obviously disappointed but also wants the attorney general to continue to focus on the things that the attorney general does. He wants him to lead the Department of Justice. He wants to do that strongly. He wants him to focus on things like immigration, leaks and a number of other issues,\" Sanders said.
She went on, \"You can be disappointed in someone but still want them to continue to do their job and that's where they are.\"
Nov. 7, 2018 -- Sessions resigns at Trump's request
Sessions submitted his resignation letter to Trump after the president asked him to do so.
\"Since the day I was honored to be sworn in as Attorney General of the United States, I came to work at the Department of Jusitce every day determined to do my duty and serve my country,\" Sessions wrote. \"I have done so to the best of my ability, working to support the fundamental legal processes that are the foundation of justice.\"
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