President Donald Trump earlier this month did not rule out the possibility of firing Jeff Sessions during an interview with “Fox & Friends." The president said during the interview that Sessions should have told him that he was going to recuse himself from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. | Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo Trump says Sessions will be attorney general at least until the midterms

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has repeatedly come under fire from President Donald Trump, will stay in his position until at least the midterm elections in November, the president told Bloomberg News on Thursday.

But Trump declined to comment on whether he would keep Sessions on beyond November.


“I just would love to have him do a great job,” Trump said in the interview.

The president regularly bashes Sessions for recusing himself from overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, which has proven to be a major legal headache for the White House. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein now oversees the investigation.

Trump has assailed the probe as a “witch hunt” and has said he’s done nothing illegal.

Trump earlier this month did not rule out the possibility of firing Sessions during an interview with “Fox & Friends.” The president said during the interview that Sessions should have told him that he was going to recuse himself from Mueller’s investigation.

The president has also personally lobbied Republican senators to turn against Sessions.

POLITICO reported that Trump made a call to Sen. Lindsey Graham about firing the attorney general, and that the South Carolina Republican asked Trump to hold off on any action until the midterm elections.

Earlier this week, Graham told NBC’s “Today” show that the relationship between Trump and Sessions is “beyond repair.”