and Justice Department during the 2016 presidential campaign. The decision punctuated a year of attacks by Mr. Trump on the Justice Department and the special counsel investigation. Former career prosecutors said that the accusations of surveillance abuse had eroded trust in the Justice Department. Sessions has tried to strike a balance between appeasing Mr. Trump and other conservatives assailing the Justice Department without alienating the 113,000 or so people who work under him. After the Republican congressional memo was released, he said that “no department is perfect” and that the Justice Department would address lawmakers’ concerns.

Source: New York Times March 28, 2018 23:51 UTC