Trump rages at Sessions in Times interview

In an extraordinary denouncement of one of his
earliest backers in Washington, Trump said in
Wednesday's interview that Sessions' decision to
recuse himself from all matters related to Russia was
"very unfair to the president".
"Sessions should have never recused himself and if he
was going to recuse himself he should have told me
before he took the job and I would have picked
somebody else," Trump said.
Sessions' recusal, announced following revelations he
had failed to disclose meetings with Russia's
ambassador to the US, in effect paved the way for the
appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel.
Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the
2016 election and potential ties between the Russian
government and the Trump campaign has cast a
growing cloud on Trump's administration.
In the interview, Trump also appeared to threaten
Mueller, suggesting he had damaging information on
the former FBI director.
Trump said Mueller's selection for the job was a
conflict of interest because Trump had interviewed
him to serve as the replacement FBI director.
"There were many other conflicts that I haven't said
but I will at some point," Trump said.
He also addressed the previously undisclosed
conversation he had with Russian President Vladimir
Putin during a dinner at the G20 summit in Germany.
Trump said the pair spoke for about 15 minutes and
said the conversation was "pleasantries more than
anything else", though he said he and Putin also
discussed adoption.
Russia had banned Americans from adopting Russian
children in response to a 2012 law that allowed the US
to impose sanctions on Russians deemed human rights
violators.
Trump's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr, says he
discussed the same topic with a Russian lawyer at a
meeting that has drawn intense scrutiny.

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