As President Donald Trump remained out of sight and silent, pressure mounted from both sides of the aisle for him to explicitly condemn white supremacists and hate groups involved in deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia. Sessions said he expects to hear more from Trump on the matter after meeting with him Monday, as well as officials from the FBI. Speaking slowly from his New Jersey golf club while on a 17-day working vacation, Trump added: "It's been going on for a long time in our country. Duke told reporters that the white nationalists were working to "fulfill the promises of Donald Trump." Trump, as a presidential candidate, frequently came under scrutiny for being slow to offer his condemnation of white supremacists.

Source: Fox News August 14, 2017 07:41 UTC