(CNN) President Donald Trump on Friday responded to Jeff Sessions' defiance over the handling of the Justice Department by resuming his remarkable public hammering of the attorney general and suggesting Sessions pursue the White House's political opponents. Come on Jeff, you can do it, the country is waiting!" — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2018He also called the punishment for National Security Agency leaker Reality Winner "'small potatoes' compared to what Hillary Clinton did," seemingly referring to Clinton's use of a private email server. "So unfair Jeff, Double Standard," Trump tweeted. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 24, 2018Winner, a former government contractor, was sentenced Thursday to more than five years in prison for leaking a classified NSA memo about a 2016 Russian cyberattack to the media.

Source: CNN August 24, 2018 11:30 UTC