Donald Trump has added to speculation his attorney general could be on his way out, saying "time will tell" what will happen to Jeff Sessions.

The US President said the government's top lawyer needed to be "much tougher" on leaks from intelligence agencies, which are "leaking like rarely have they ever leaked before".

The White House has said a decision would be made "soon" on the fate of Mr Sessions, whom Mr Trump referred to on Monday as "beleaguered".

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, the President said he was "very disappointed" in Mr Sessions and was "looking" at firing him.

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Mr Trump is angry at Mr Sessions for recusing himself from the investigation into the relationship between the Republican's presidential campaign and Russia.


The attorney general was accused of failing to declare meetings with Russian officials before taking on his job.

Allies of the attorney general say the President is waging a public campaign to pressure him to quit, rather than fire him, and stressed he has no intention of resigning.

Referring to emails former election rival Hillary Clinton deleted from a private server and the hacking of the Democratic National Committee, Mr Trump tweeted earlier: "Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails & DNC server) & Intel leakers!"

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He also publicly asked Mr Sessions why there was no investigation into reports Ukraine, as well as Russia, tried to interfere with the US election.

The President also continued to brand the various probes into his campaign team's relationship with Russia as a "witch hunt" and hailed Jared Kushner for his statement denying collusion with Moscow.

The senior White House aide, who is married to Mr Trump's daughter Ivanka, has appeared before a second congressional committee in two days.

Jared Kushner did very well yesterday in proving he did not collude with the Russians. Witch Hunt. Next up, 11 year old Barron Trump! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2017

Both are focused on Mr Kushner's meetings with Russian officials and failure to fully disclose his foreign contacts when applying for security clearance.

Mr Kushner spent around three hours on Tuesday answering questions from the House Intelligence Committee, having also faced the Senate intelligence panel on Monday.

Praising his son-in-law, Mr Trump quipped that Congress would soon be lining up questions for his youngest child Barron.

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He wrote: "Jared Kushner did very well yesterday in proving he did not collude with the Russians. Witch Hunt. Next up, 11 year old Barron Trump!"

Mr Trump's also addressed the prospect of a trade deal with the UK after Brexit, saying he was working on a "major" agreement that could be "very big".

Amid the swirling controversy over alleged Russia links, Mr Trump received a boost when senators voted to begin the debate on repealing and replacing Obamacare - a key plank of his victorious White House bid.

One of those who voted to begin debate was Arizona Senator John McCain, who returned to Congress for the first time since being diagnosed with brain cancer and was given a standing ovation.