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Where Things Stand: Trump Attempts One Final Nail In Sessions’ Career

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July 14, 2020 1:27 p.m.

It feels like a lifetime ago that we religiously covered President Trump’s repeated attacks on his ex-Attorney General Jeff Sessions. It’s laughable now that the “beleaguered” tweet day felt like a critical moment in Trump’s presidency.

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