Sessions’s message to the White House, which has not previously been reported, underscores the political firestorm that Trump would invite should he attempt to remove the deputy attorney general. Sessions said he would have had to consider leaving as the attorney general had Trump ousted Rosenstein, this person said. Former President Barack Obama’s first deputy attorney general, David Ogden, stepped down from the job after less than a year. A month after Rosenstein became deputy attorney general, he was criticized for his role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey. Rosenstein took the action without first consulting Sessions and notified him when he was at the White House meeting with Trump.

Source: thestar April 21, 2018 01:07 UTC