Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have had a series of heated exchanges in the last several weeks after Sessions recused himself from the Russia probe, a source close to Sessions told CNN Tuesday. A senior administration official said that at one point, Sessions expressed he would be willing to resign if Trump no longer wanted him there. ET Tuesday, the White House still was unable to say whether or not the President backs his attorney general, a White House official said. Sessions was Trump's first supporter in the Senate and was an enthusiastic backer throughout the campaign -- standing with Trump through multiple controversies. After the election, Sessions was rewarded with one of the most prominent positions in Trump's new administration, atop the Justice Department.

Source: CNN June 07, 2017 00:10 UTC