Sessions, a former U.S. attorney and Alabama attorney general, in contrast went so far as to opine that what Trump bragged about on the tape – grabbing a woman by the genitals – would not be sexual assault. “I don’t characterize that as sexual assault. I think that’s a stretch,” Sessions said in October.

Source: S.V. Date, Sam Stein: Trump’s Already Small Circle Of Trusted Advisers Suffers Another Big Blow (Huffington Post)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions can no longer protect the president from investigations involving Russia.

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