Donald Trump pousse Jeff Sessions vers la sortie

Déjà une première grosse annonce le lendemain de l'élection. Jeff Sessions fut un des premiers partisans du candidat Donald Trump, le voici exclu du cabinet présidentiel. Faut-il y voir un lien avec la rumeur qui circule à l'effet que Robert Mueller (qui rend des comptes à l'attorney-general) prendrait la parole plus tard cette semaine ou le résultat d'une longue relation acrimonieuse entre le président et le responsable de la justice?

 "The president has regularly attacked the Justice Department and Mr. Sessions, blaming the attorney general for the specter of the special counsel investigation into ties between Mr. Trump’s campaign and Russia.

Mr. Trump has said for months that he wished to replace Mr. Sessions, but lawmakers and administration officials believed that firing the attorney general before the midterm elections would have had negative consequences for Republicans in tight races. So it came as little surprise when Mr. Sessions’s resigned the day after the midterms were over.

Mr. Trump blamed Mr. Sessions for recusing himself from overseeing the investigation in its early stages, leading to the appointment of a special counsel."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/us/politics/jeff-sessions-fired-trump.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage