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After blasting Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation in a tweet last week, President Trump doubled down on Twitter this morning, pinning the "Russia Witch Hunt Hoax" on Sessions' recusal.

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Trump doubles down on his criticism of Jeff Sessions

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<p>After blasting Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="in a tweet last week" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/trump-tweets-i-wish-i-didnt-pick-jeff-sessions-c509d358-746e-42c8-a8c3-3b4db3573320.html" data-vars-content-id="7452ef1b-2ae7-472c-800a-bfd0ff4f1fc6" data-vars-headline="Trump doubles down on his criticism of Jeff Sessions" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/trump-tweets-i-wish-i-didnt-pick-jeff-sessions-c509d358-746e-42c8-a8c3-3b4db3573320.html" target="_self">in a tweet last week</a>, President Trump doubled down on Twitter this morning, pinning the &quot;Russia Witch Hunt Hoax&quot; on Sessions&#x27; recusal.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1003962584352030720"></a></blockquote><div style="display:none"></div></div><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Why Trump’s attorney general keeps hanging on" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/jeff-sessions-attorney-general-trump-fire-resign-629f29a3-2ea8-4562-984e-2c092d5c9422.html" data-vars-content-id="7452ef1b-2ae7-472c-800a-bfd0ff4f1fc6" data-vars-headline="Trump doubles down on his criticism of Jeff Sessions" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/jeff-sessions-attorney-general-trump-fire-resign-629f29a3-2ea8-4562-984e-2c092d5c9422.html" target="_self">Why Trump’s attorney general keeps hanging on</a>.</p><span data-ad-status="NO_AD_LENGTH" data-ad-type="midStoryAd"></span>

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