Jeff Sessions and His Recusal

Quotes by Jeff Sessions Regarding His Recusal from Matters Related to the 2016 Election

THEN
NOW


March 2, 2017
May 9, 2017

Jeff Sessions and His Recusal Then
Jeff Sessions and His Recusal Now

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#JeffSessions 3/2/17: "I have decided to recuse myself from ❲election-related cases❳." » 5/9/17: "I must recommend that you remove ❲Comey because of his conduct in the Clinton investigation❳." Click To Tweet

Quotes by Jeff Sessions Regarding His Recusal

THEN

March 2, 2017

Jeff Sessions and His Recusal Then
“I have decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for President of the United States.”
- March 2, 2017

Department of Justice, March 2, 2017
Attorney General Sessions Statement on Recusal

(retrieved 6/20/18)
starts at 4:23

NOW

May 9, 2017

Jeff Sessions and His Recusal Now
“Based on my evaluation, and for the reasons expressed by the Deputy Attorney General in the attached memorandum… I must recommend that you remove Director James B. Comey, Jr. [because of his conduct in an election-related case].”
May 9, 2017 -

Letter from Jeff Sessions to Donald Trump

Department of Justice (via Congressional Quarterly), 2018
Historic Documents of 2017

(retrieved 6/20/18)

Rod Rosenstein Then

From the attached memorandum by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein that Sessions cited in his recommendation to fire Comey:

“The way the Director handled the conclusion of the [Hillary Clinton] email investigation was wrong. As a result, the FBI is unlikely to regain public and congressional trust until it has a Director who understands the gravity of the mistakes and pledges never to repeat them. Having refused to admit his errors, the Director cannot be expected to implement the necessary corrective actions.”
- May 9, 2017

BBC, May 10, 2017
Rod Rosenstein's letter recommending Comey be fired

(retrieved 6/20/18)

Context

James Comey was heading the FBI‘s investigation into possible ties between the Trump 2016 election campaign and Russia when Jeff Sessions recommended to Donald Trump that Comey be fired because of his conduct in the election-related Hillary Clinton email investigation. Sessions had previously recused himself from “any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for President of the United States.”1NPR, May 9, 2017
Before Firing, James Comey Led FBI Probe Into Possible Russia-Trump Ties
retrieved 6/20/182Washington Post, March 2, 2017
Transcript of Jeff Sessions’s recusal news conference, annotated
retrieved 6/20/18

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