Sen. Bob Corker Robert (Bob) Phillips CorkerHas Congress captured Russia policy? Tennessee primary battle turns nasty for Republicans Cheney clashes with Trump MORE (R-Tenn.) on Thursday evening became the latest senator to predict that President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE will fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsRoy Moore sues Alabama over COVID-19 restrictions GOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs MORE after November’s midterm elections.

Corker told Politico that he felt that “moves are being made” to bring about Sessions’s ouster from the Department of Justice.

“It’s very apparent to me that the president wants to do something to Attorney General Sessions. But it’s also apparent that in the interim that Sessions owns him,” Corker said.

“It’s apparent that after the midterms he [Trump] will make a change and choose someone to do what he wants done. ... It just feels to me that after the midterms the president will make the change.”

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Sen. Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin GrahamSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Hillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns Key Democrat opposes GOP Section 230 subpoena for Facebook, Twitter, Google MORE (R-S.C.) was the first on Thursday to bring up the prospect that Trump could fire his attorney general in the foreseeable future.

“The president’s entitled to an attorney general he has faith in, somebody that’s qualified for the job, and I think there will come a time, sooner rather than later, where it will be time to have a new face and a fresh voice at the Department of Justice,” he said. “Clearly, Attorney General Sessions doesn’t have the confidence of the president.”



Sen. Chuck Grassley Charles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyGOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power The Hill's 12:30 Report: Ginsburg lies in repose Top GOP senators say Hunter Biden's work 'cast a shadow' over Obama Ukraine policy MORE (R-Iowa), who is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reversed course on Thursday in telling Bloomberg that he had time for nomination hearings – an apparent reference to his previous comments that his panel didn't have time to take up an attorney general nomination.

The comments came after Trump renewed his attack on Sessions’s credibility in an interview that aired on “Fox & Friends” on Thursday morning.

Some Republican senators attempted to throw cold water on the prospect of Sessions’s removal.

"We don't have time, nor is there a likely candidate, who could get confirmed, in my view, under these current circumstances," Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn John CornynQuinnipiac polls show Trump leading Biden in Texas, deadlocked race in Ohio The Hill's Campaign Report: GOP set to ask SCOTUS to limit mail-in voting Liberal super PAC launches ads targeting vulnerable GOP senators over SCOTUS fight MORE (R-Texas) said.

Sessions issued a rare rebuke of Trump's criticism on Thursday, saying in a statement he "will not be improperly influenced by political considerations."