Mr. Gordon has said Mr. Sessions “shut down” the discussion. Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, oversees Mr. Mueller’s inquiry and has publicly backed it. Mr. Trump has made plain his displeasure with Mr. Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, said recently that he expected the attorney general to be fired “sooner rather than later,” and that Mr. Trump was entitled to make such a move.

Source: New York Times September 11, 2018 00:33 UTC