Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Washington on edge amid SCOTUS vacancy Murkowski: Supreme Court nominee should not be taken up before election Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE (R-Texas) denied Monday night that the Trump administration is considering him as a possibility for attorney general, saying he is focused on his position in the Senate.

“Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsGOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status MORE is a friend and a strong conservative. I was proud to vote to confirm Jeff and to vigorously defend his confirmation, and I’m deeply gratified that we have a principled conservative like Jeff Sessions serving as Attorney General,” Cruz said in a statement, as reported by NBC News.

“The stories being reported in the media tonight are false. My focus is and will remain on fighting every day to defend 28 million Texans in the U.S. Senate.”

CRUZ statement on reports of possible consideration by Trump administration to replace Jeff Sessions as Attorney General: pic.twitter.com/MKfcjNANj3 — Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) July 25, 2017

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Cruz’s statement followed a report Monday evening in The Washington Post that members of the Trump administration are weighing replacements for Sessions, including Cruz.

President Trump has expressed dissatisfaction with Sessions’s decision earlier this year to recuse himself from any investigations into Russia’s election meddling, saying he might not have picked him to lead the Department of Justice if he had known Sessions would step aside.