CLOSE President Trump took to Twitter to announce the appointment of an acting Attorney General, and then fired Jeff Sessions in the following tweet. USA TODAY Sessions speaks at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia on July 21, 2017. (Photo: Matt Rourke, AP) WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday after a yearlong public shaming campaign that raised questions about whether the president improperly interfered with the Justice Department’s inquiry into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Trump, who requested Sessions’ resignation, named Matthew Whitaker to serve as interim attorney general. Whitaker was Sessions’ chief of staff and had been considered for a variety of jobs in the Trump administration, including the No. 2 post at Justice or as White House counsel. “Since the day I was honored to be sworn in as attorney general of the United States, I came to work at the Department of Justice every day determined to do my duty and serve my country,” Sessions said in a seven-paragraph letter. “I have done so to the best of my ability to support the fundamental legal processes that are the foundation of justice.” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who was overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, was at the White House on Wednesday afternoon for a meeting. More: Who is Matthew Whitaker? Hawkeye football star and federal prosecutor becomes acting attorney general More: Read Jeff Sessions’ resignation letter: ‘Thank you for the opportunity, Mr. President’ The departure of Sessions, one of Trump’s most vocal and earliest supporters during the 2016 campaign, was expected for weeks. Laser-focused on Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, Trump savaged him in interviews, tweets and news conferences as “beleaguered,” often expressing “disappointment” in his attorney general. In September, Trump took his criticism to a new level when he disassociated Sessions from the administration, including the attorney general’s border enforcement efforts. “I don’t have an attorney general. It’s very sad,” Trump said in an interview with Hill.TV. “I’m not happy at the border, I’m not happy with numerous things, not just
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