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Jeff Sessions

Ever since former Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation in March 2017, Trump had repeatedly slammed the then-head of the Justice Department. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein then took over overseeing the probe.

Sessions, a former GOP Senator from Alabama, has since been replaced by Matt Whitaker on an interim basis. Whitaker, a U.S. Attorney from Iowa, has blasted Mueller’s probe and said he believes it is legal for him to undermine the special counsel’s inquiry.