1 / 5 Attorney General Jeff Sessions

In a July 2017 interview with The New York Times, President Donald Trump said he would never have nominated Sessions if he had known the attorney general would <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-recusal_n_596fec7be4b0110cb3cb8a9a" target="_blank">recuse himself</a> from the Russia investigation. He called Sessions' decision "extremely unfair ... to the president."

The Washington Post via Getty Images