U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions told former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon that he'd "never leave" his AG seat, and would have to be fired to leave.

The conversation came during a meeting between the two President Donald Trump administration officials on July 25, 2017, a day after the president tweeted that Sessions was 'beleaguered.'

Bannon recounted that conversation to Vanity Fair special correspondent Gabriel Sherman in a wide-ranging story focused on the Breitbart News executive chairman published Thursday.

"Look, I have a question for you," Bannon reportedly said to Sessions. "Is there any doubt in your mind that it was Divine Providence, the Hand of God that got us this victory?" When Sessions said twice that he was sure, Bannon asked:

"Then where's your commitment here?"

"I will never leave," Sessions told Bannon, according to the Vanity Fair article. "I may get fired, but I'll never leave."

Vanity Fair said the Department of Justice did not comment on Bannon's account of the conversation.

Sherman's article also delved into Bannon's post-White House work campaigning for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. After allegations arose that Moore had sexual contact with a 14-year-old and dated teenagers when he was in this 30s, the Breitbart chairman told Sherman he sent "my two best guys down there" to Alabama to dig up information on the allegations.

"One of the things I realized during the campaign is that, like in the military, it all comes down to one or two decisions in the heat of battle," Bannon said. "You have to double down." Vanity Fair reports Bannon's first choice in the Alabama Senate race had been Rep. Mo Brooks, who did not make the run-off.

"I'm gonna tell Judge Moore to do his thing," Bannon said. "They're not cut out for this, though."

According to Sherman, Bannon saw the writing on the wall when he saw the exit polls from the Dec. 12 special election: Roy Moore would lose.

"The percentage of write-ins was at 1.5 percent," Bannon said. "I looked at the pollster right there and I said he's going to lose this."

Bannon said he blamed Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby for the loss. The weekend before the election, Shelby told CNN that he didn't vote for Moore. Bannon told Sherman, "That was the inflection point."

Bannon also said that Trump's initial support for Luther Strange in the Senate primary was "another genius move by Jared," referring to Trump's son-in-law and White House advisor Jared Kushner, with whom Bannon did not get along.

Read more in Vanity Fair.

