Jeff smacks back at hit from Prez

Attorney General Jeff Sessions publicly pushed back against criticism from President Trump Thursday — promising the Justice Department won't be “improperly influenced by political considerations.”

“I took control of the Department of Justice the day I was sworn in, which is why we have had unprecedented success at effectuating the President's agenda,” Sessions said in a statement.

Trump attacked his top law enforcement official earlier in the day, again lamenting the former Alabama senator's decision to recuse himself from the federal investigation into Russian election interference.

The President unleashed a list of critiques and complaints about Sessions, the Justice Department and the FBI, attacking all three without providing any evidence he has been targeted unfairly.

Trump complained that Sessions "never took control of the Justice Department" during an interview on “Fox & Friends.”

“Jeff Sessions recused himself, which he shouldn't have done,” Trump said. “He took the job and then he said, ‘I'm going to recuse myself.' I said, ‘What kind of a man is this?'”

Trump's fury comes days after his former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleading guilty to tax fraud and campaign finance violations in federal court and Paul Manafort, his former campaign chairman, was convicted of eight counts of tax and bank fraud. Cohen admitted that he paid off women alleging affairs with Trump at the President's behest ahead of the 2016 election.

Trump has repeatedly castigated Sessions over his recusal and said he would not have appointed him had he known he would step away from the probe.

“It's a very, very sad day. Jeff Sessions recused himself, which he shouldn't have done or he should have told me,” he said in the Fox News interview. “Even my enemies say that Jeff Sessions should have told you that he was going to recuse himself and then you wouldn't have put him in.”