Embattled Attorney General Jeff Sessions will respond to recent barrage of criticism from President Donald Trump during a Thursday night interview with Fox News, the network announced.

Sessions will appear on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" at 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. CT). Carlson will be broadcasting live from El Salvador, where the Attorney General is traveling as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on the ultra-violent MS-13 gang.

You can watch the interview at Fox News or online here with log-in.

Carlson has called Trump's attacks on Sessions - his longtime ally - as "nuts."

The president has said he's "very disappointed" in Sessions for recusing himself in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, a probe that has embroiled the White House in months of controversy.

"If (Sessions) was going to recuse himself he should have told me before taking office and I quite simply would have appointed someone else," Trump said. In later comments, Trump referred to the Attorney General as "weak" and "beleaguered."

Trump's comments about Sessions have prompted a wave of backlash from conservatives, who see the AG as a champion of its causes, particularly on immigration.

"If Jeff Sessions is fired, there will be holy hell to pay," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, said Thursday.

Sessions has remained mostly quiet on the criticism, only saying he would serve "as long as appropriate." Insiders close to the AG have said he has no plans to step down.