Trump Asked Top Lawyer to Stop Jeff Sessions from Recusing Himself from Russia Probe

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Trump Asked Top Lawyer to Stop Jeff Sessions from Recusing Himself from Russia Probe

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Last March, President Donald Trump ordered a White House top lawyer to stop Attorney General Jeff Sessions from recusing himself in the Department of Justice’s investigation into whether Trump’s associates were involved in a Russian campaign that altered the 2016 presidential election. White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II unsuccessfully convinced Sessions to “remain in charge…

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