Jeff Sessions sent Trump a resignation letter in May after humiliating Oval Office meeting: Report
by Kelly Cohen | Sep 14, 2017, 4:15 PM
President Trump asked for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign after learning there would be a special counsel investigating his campaign's ties to Russia, and following a humiliating dressing down in the Oval Office, Sessions sent a letter of resignation — however, the president ultimately did not accept it.
According to the New York Times, the president was so upset with Robert Mueller being appointed special counsel that he berated Sessions in the Oval Office during a May meeting.
White House Counsel Donald McGahn received a call from Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein saying he had appointed Mueller to be a special counsel for the investigation. McGahn then told the Trump, Sessions and administration advisers, who were in the process of discussing a replacement for fired FBI chief James Comey.
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