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New White House chief of staff assures attorney general his job is safe

By REUTERS

AUGUST 3, 2017 04:35

WASHINGTON - New White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told Attorney General Jeff Sessions last weekend that his job was safe after Sessions endured several weeks of sharp public criticism from President Donald Trump, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.

Kelly, who was named chief of staff by Trump on Friday, phoned Sessions on Saturday to reassure him the White House wanted him to remain as head of the Justice Department, AP said, citing two people familiar with the call.

Kelly said Trump was still angry over Sessions' decision in March to recuse himself from the investigation of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign, but the president did not plan to fire him or hope he would resign, according to AP.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request from Reuters for comment.

The Kremlin says it did not interfere in the election, and Trump has denied any collusion.

Last week, Trump assailed Sessions in a tweet as "very weak" and said he was "very disappointed" with his attorney general in a Wall Street Journal interview.

When asked at a news conference last week about Sessions' future, Trump replied: "Time will tell. Time will tell."

Republican lawmakers rallied to the defense of Sessions, a former US senator from Alabama, and Trump has not mentioned him in tweets in recent days.

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