“Absolutely, the president has confidence in all of his Cabinet,” deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters at an off-camera briefing. “And if he didn’t, they wouldn’t be here."

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The vote of confidence came after Trump and White House aides refused to say for two straight days whether the attorney general still had the president’s backing.

Trump is reportedly upset with Sessions for his handling of the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, as well as the his travel ban, which has been blocked by court orders. Sessions recused himself from the Russia probe in early March.

The White House comments Thursday came as former FBI Director James Comey testified on Capitol Hill about the Russia investigation, including Sessions’s involvement.