Trump Asks Why ‘Beleaguered’ Sessions Isn’t Investigating Clinton<br />Sessions said he would stay on as attorney general “as long as that is appropriate.”<br />Sessions has made it a priority to address violence, gangs and drugs — carrying out Mr. Trump’s inaugural pledge to end “American carnage.”<br />But his tense relationship with Mr. Trump has overshadowed his agenda at the Justice Department.<br />By EILEEN SULLIVANJULY 24, 2017<br />WASHINGTON — President Trump turned up the pressure on his own attorney general on Monday, calling him<br />“beleaguered” in a tweet questioning why the Justice Department is not investigating Hillary Clinton.<br />Mr. Trump’s comments are remarkable because if the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, is beleaguered of late it is largely because of Mr. Trump himself.<br />Sessions if he knew he intended to recuse himself from the investigation into Russian meddling and the Trump campaign.<br />In his tweet, Mr. Trump returned to campaign rhetoric, suggesting his Democratic opponent<br />should be the subject of an investigation into murky ties to Russia, not him.<br />In an interview last week with , Mr. Trump said he never would have nominated Mr.
