Trump keeps up public pelting of attorney general

President Donald Trump kept up his public pelting of Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday as the fate of his once-close ally remained very much in doubt.

Trump’s criticisms of Sessions resumed with a morning tweet wondering why Sessions didn’t “replace Acting FBI Director Andrew Mccabe,” whom the president characterized as a friend of fired former FBI director James Comey and an ally of Hillary Clinton.

The new tweet came a day after Trump repeatedly expressed regret over choosing Sessions for the Cabinet position and refused to say whether he’d fire the nation’s top law enforcement officer.

“We will see what happens,” Trump said at a Tuesday news conference in the Rose Garden. “Time will tell. Time will tell.”

The president’s intensifying criticism has fueled speculation that the attorney general may step down even if the president stops short of firing him.

But several people close to the former Alabama senator have said that Sessions does not plan to quit.

Mccabe has served as acting FBI director since Trump fired Comey in May. The president has been angry at Mccabe for months, particularly after he highlighted the FBI’S work in the ongoing Russia probe and praised Comey during an appearance before Congress.

But Trump could have fired Mccabe himself at any time. Trump’s pick to be the new FBI director, Christopher Wray, had his nomination voted out of the Senate’s Judiciary Committee last week.