President Donald Trump's lawyer has repeatedly counselled him not to fire Attorney-General Jeff Sessions despite the president's ongoing anger at his decision to recuse himself from the Russia probe.
Rudy Giuliani told the Associated Press on Wednesday that Trump had asked him multiple times, before and after the former New York City mayor joined the president's legal team in April, about whether Sessions should have been fired.
"I don't think the president should do it and I've told him so," Giuliani said.
Giuliani said Trump consulted him last summer during the height of his rage about Sessions' recusal.
More recently, he said, Trump had not actively considered firing Sessions but has wondered if he made the right decision in not doing so previously.
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"And when he asks 'Should I have done that?' I say, 'No, the way it is now has worked out'," Giuliani said.
The former mayor said he did not believe Trump would fire Sessions.
The president's anger at Sessions comes from the attorney-general's move last year to recuse himself from the probe, a move Sessions said was in line with Department of Justice guidelines but Trump believes birthed the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller that is imperilling his presidency.
Trump's anger remains unabated and he suggested on Twitter again on Wednesday that he wishes he had never offered the job to Sessions.
Giuliani stressed Trump had every right to "express how he feels" about Sessions but suggested it was a distraction to his legal team's efforts to fight back against the ongoing investigation.
