Trump says Sessions wasn't 'mentally qualified' to be attorney general

Source: The Hill | May 24, 2020 | Justine Coleman

President Trump said in a new interview that Jeff Sessions wasn’t “mentally qualified” to be attorney general and was a “disaster” while in office.

The president told Sharyl Attkisson that Sessions “should have never” held the position.

“Jeff Sessions was a disaster as attorney general,” Trump said during the “Full Measure” interview, which aired on Sunday morning. “He’s not mentally qualified to be attorney general. He was the biggest problem.”

Trump’s remarks escalated an ongoing feud between the president and Sessions, a former Republican senator from Alabama who as attorney general recused himself from the FBI’s investigation into Russian influence in the 2016 election. 

On Saturday, the president formally endorsed college football coach Tommy Tuberville, who is challenging Sessions’s bid to return to the Senate, citing the recusal.

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    Speaking of “mentally unqualified….”

    ConservativeGranny #39310

    He always accuses others of what he has done or flaws that he himself has. If he accuses someone of being dumb, he fears that he himself is dumb. If he accuses someone of being a failure it means he fears that he is a failure. It’s a pattern with him. He exposes his fears to the world, including our enemies making him so easy to manipulate.

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