Trump on possible Sessions dismissal: 'We'll see what happens'

President Donald Trump again stoked speculation he may fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions, saying "we'll see what happens" when pressed on the possibility.

"We'll see what happens. We'll see what happens," the president told reporters outside the White House when asked about the possibility of dismissing the beleaguered attorney general.


Trump has repeatedly publicly slammed Sessions for recusing himself last year from the federal probe into Russian election meddling in the 2016 election and ties to his presidential campaign.

Earlier this week, Trump tweeted: "The Russian Witch Hunt Hoax continues, all because Jeff Sessions didn’t tell me he was going to recuse himself...I would have quickly picked someone else. So much time and money wasted, so many lives ruined...and Sessions knew better than most that there was No Collusion!"

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In late May, Trump tweeted a quote from an attorney calling Sessions recusal an "unforced betrayal of the President of the United States."

Trump has regularly vented his frustration over the DOJ's handling of federal investigations of his campaign officials, which he has labeled a "witch hunt."