Trump Once Again Blames Jeff Sessions: No Witch Hunt if We Had a ‘Real Attorney General’

President Donald Trump lashed out at his own Attorney General Jeff Sessions once again on Tuesday, declaring there would be no “Witch Hunt” if he had a “real Attorney General.”

Trump kicked off his tweet by (roughly) quoting Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett, who made the wild claim on Fox & Friends Tuesday morning that bias at the FBI drove the agency to clear Hillary Clinton in the investigation into her email server and “frame” Donald Trump for his campaign’s ties to Russia.

“If we had a real Attorney General, this Witch Hunt would never have been started!” Trump tweeted. “Looking at the wrong people.”

“They were all in on it, clear Hillary Clinton and FRAME Donald Trump for things he didn’t do.” Gregg Jarrett on @foxandfriends If we had a real Attorney General, this Witch Hunt would never have been started! Looking at the wrong people.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2018

The president has long railed against Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia probe, which he did after it was revealed he met with Russian officials while serving as an adviser on Trump’s campaign.

Trump’s claim that a “real” attorney general would have never started the Russia investigation doesn’t make much sense, as the probe began during the 2016 campaign, before Sessions became AG.

In a subsequent tweet, Trump took aim at newly fired FBI agent Peter Strzok:

Fired FBI Agent Peter Strzok is a fraud, as is the rigged investigation he started. There was no Collusion or Obstruction with Russia, and everybody, including the Democrats, know it. The only Collusion and Obstruction was by Crooked Hillary, the Democrats and the DNC!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2018

UPDATE: Trump asked why the Russia investigation isn’t “ended immediately”:

Strzok started the illegal Rigged Witch Hunt – why isn’t this so-called “probe” ended immediately? Why aren’t these angry and conflicted Democrats instead looking at Crooked Hillary?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2018

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