--- description: President Trump has confidence in Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a White House spokesperson said. title: White House: President Trump Has Confidence in Jeff Sessions image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7478bb2c24ab583/6988ced4cf40a87229c47d69/gettyimages-6823067781.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # White House: President Trump Has Confidence in Jeff Sessions by [Zeke Miller](/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 8, 2017 5:08 PM CUT  U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions attends an event at the Justice Department, May 12, 2017 in Washington. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions attends an event at the Justice Department, May 12, 2017 in Washington.Win McNamee—Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 8, 2017 5:08 PM CUT President Trump has confidence in Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a White House spokesperson said, after nearly 48 hours of uncertainty about his position in the Administration. “Absolutely,” White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Thursday when asked about the former Alabama senator, “the president has confidence in all of his Cabinet.” It capped a tumultuous week for the relationship, beginning with [reports](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/05/us/politics/trump-discontent-attorney-general-jeff-sessions.html "undefined") that Trump was increasing frustrated by his Attorney General and that Sessions at one point [offered to tender his resignation](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/us/politics/jeff-sessions-donald-trump.html "undefined") to the president. Press Secretary Sean Spicer, when asked if Trump had confidence in Sessions on Tuesday, told reporters, “I have not had a discussion with him about that.” More than 24 hours later, aboard Air Force One, Sanders told reporters, “I haven’t had a chance to have an extensive conversation with him today but I certainly plan to ask him that.” Sanders said she finally spoke with Trump about Sessions late Wednesday. The statement of support for Sessions comes as former FBI Director James Comey’s [Capitol Hill testimony](http://time.com/4810345/james-comey-testimony-real-time-transcript/ "undefined") raised new questions about the information that led to his decision to recuse himself from the ongoing Russia investigation. “We were also aware of facts that I can’t disclose in an open setting,” Comey testified on why his department believed Sessions would recuse himself weeks before he made that decision public. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4811331/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-confidence/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4811331/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-confidence/"},"headline":"White House: President Trump Has Confidence in Jeff Sessions","datePublished":"2017-06-08T17:08:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:20:25.839Z","description":"President Trump has confidence in Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a White House spokesperson said.","url":"https://time.com/4811331/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-confidence/","keywords":["White House","justice","Donald Trump","James Comey","Jeff Sessions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7478bb2c24ab583/6988ced4cf40a87229c47d69/gettyimages-6823067781.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7478bb2c24ab583/6988ced4cf40a87229c47d69/gettyimages-6823067781.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Attorney General Jeff Sessions Receives Award From The Sergeants Benevolent Association of New York City","caption":"Attorney General Jeff Sessions Receives Award From The Sergeants Benevolent Association of New York City","creditText":"Win McNamee—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4811331/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-confidence/","name":"White House: President Trump Has Confidence in Jeff Sessions"}}]}] ```