Conway on Sessions: Trump has 'confidence in the people who work for him'

President Donald Trump “has confidence in the people who work for him,” counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway said Wednesday, a day after reports surfaced that Attorney General Jeff Sessions offered to resign.

“You really have to focus on the agenda,” Conway said to Axios’ Mike Allen. “He really tries to get so many things done.”


Sessions offered to step down before Trump embarked on his first international trip as president due to rising tension between the two men. Their relationship fractured because Trump reportedly was livid over Sessions' decision to recuse himself from the investigation into Russia’s meddling into the 2016 presidential election.

Sessions was one of the first major backers of Trump’s presidential campaign.

Conway’s comment contrast with White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s lack of comment yesterday during his news briefing, when Spicer said he didn’t speak with Trump yet about his confidence in Sessions.

