(CNN) Hours after being repeatedly insulted by President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions just did something he rarely, if ever, does: He punched back -- hard. Jeff Sessions never took control of the Justice Department and it's a sort of an incredible thing." Trump added that the only reason he gave Sessions a job in his administration was because he was loyal. With Sessions out of the picture, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein decided to appoint Mueller as special counsel. As recently as late May, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani told CNN of Trump and Sessions that "there's no doubt [Trump] has some, some grievances.

Source: CNN August 23, 2018 18:33 UTC