Former attorney general Jeff Sessions on Tuesday lost a primary runoff for his former Alabama Senate seat, after President Trump endorsed his opponent and heaped scorn on Sessions in the months and weeks leading up to the contest. Following his appointment as attorney general in 2017, Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation to avoid …
Alabama Senate candidate Jeff Sessions said that President Trump “is not all unjustified” in his frustration over the former attorney general’s 2017 recusal from the Trump-Russia investigation, but insisted his “conscience is clear” with respect to the decision. Sessions, the first high-profile Trump endorsee in 2016, recused himself from supervising the Trump-Russia investigation in March …