Editorial: Messing with Mueller: How Trump can risk his presidency
by The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune
Nov 09, 2018
2 minutes
President Donald Trump was within his rights Wednesday to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions. As the phrase goes, administration officials "serve at the pleasure of the president." Obviously, Trump was displeased with Sessions for recusing himself from any Russia-related investigation. "Our beleaguered A.G.," Trump called him. "What kind of a man is this?" Trump wondered in an interview. It seems Trump equated recusal with disloyalty.
The issue
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