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Oh, why did I pick Jeff, Don moans

- Denis Slattery

REGRETS, he’s got a few.

President Trump has once again voiced his frustratio­n with his attorney general’s decision to recuse himself from the federal investigat­ion into Russian election meddling.

Trump did not mince his words Wednesday, tweeting that he “wished” he had picked someone other than Jeff Sessions for the gig.

Citing Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), Trump fired off a series of tweets targeting his handpicked head of the Justice Department.

“There are lots of really good lawyers in the country, he could have picked somebody else!” Trump quoted Gowdy in a tweet.

“And I wish I did!” the President added.

Sessions recused himself from the probe last March to avoid any conflicts of interest due to his closeness to the Trump campaign. His recusal, coupled with Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, led to the appointmen­t of special counsel Robert Mueller.

Trump’s tweet comes a day after a bombshell New York Times report about the President asking Sessions to reverse his recusal during a conversati­on at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida last spring.

Mueller is reportedly investigat­ing the exchange.

 ??  ?? Michael Cohen (right), President Trump’s personal attorney, and Michael Avenatti (above), porn star Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, arrive at Manhattan Federal Court on Wednesday for hearing. Avenatti was chastised by judge for “publicity tour” in which he...
Michael Cohen (right), President Trump’s personal attorney, and Michael Avenatti (above), porn star Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, arrive at Manhattan Federal Court on Wednesday for hearing. Avenatti was chastised by judge for “publicity tour” in which he...

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