Trump criticism prompts questions over U.S. attorney general's future


  • World
  • Wednesday, 26 Jul 2017

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions leaves the West Wing of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump further stoked speculation about the fate of his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, on Wednesday by assailing him in a fresh round of tweets even as Sessions was attending meetings at the White House.

On Tuesday, Trump took to Twitter to call Sessions "very weak," prompting questions about whether Sessions, one of Trump's earliest and most vocal supporters during his 2016 presidential campaign, would be forced out.

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